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| Title |
Effects of a School-Based Sports Program on Physical Fitness, Physical Activity, and Cardiometabolic Health in Youth With Physical Disabilities: Data From the Sport-2-Stay-Fit Study
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| Published in |
Frontiers in Pediatrics, March 2018
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| DOI | 10.3389/fped.2018.00075 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Maremka Zwinkels, Olaf Verschuren, Astrid Balemans, Kristel Lankhorst, Saskia te Velde, Leendert van Gaalen, Janke de Groot, Anne Visser-Meily, Tim Takken |
| Abstract |
To investigate the effects of a school-based once-a-week sports program on physical fitness, physical activity, and cardiometabolic health in children and adolescents with a physical disability. This controlled clinical trial included 71 children and adolescents from four schools for special education [mean age 13.7 (2.9) years, range 8-19, 55% boys]. Participants had various chronic health conditions including cerebral palsy (37%), other neuromuscular (44%), metabolic (8%), musculoskeletal (7%), and cardiovascular (4%) disorders. Before recruitment and based on the presence of school-based sports, schools were assigned as sport or control group. School-based sports were initiated and provided by motivated experienced physical educators. The sport group (n = 31) participated in a once-a-week school-based sports program for 6 months, which included team sports. The control group (n = 40) followed the regular curriculum. Anaerobic performance was assessed by the Muscle Power Sprint Test. Secondary outcome measures included aerobic performance, VO2 peak, strength, physical activity, blood pressure, arterial stiffness, body composition, and the metabolic profile. A significant improvement of 16% in favor of the sport group was found for anaerobic performance (p = 0.003). In addition, the sport group lost 2.8% more fat mass compared to the control group (p = 0.007). No changes were found for aerobic performance, VO2 peak, physical activity, blood pressure, arterial stiffness, and the metabolic profile. Anaerobic performance and fat mass improved following a school-based sports program. These effects are promising for long-term fitness and health promotion, because sports sessions at school eliminate certain barriers for sports participation and adding a once-a-week sports session showed already positive effects for 6 months. This trial was registered with the Dutch Trial Registry (NTR4698). |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 6 | 29% |
| United States | 2 | 10% |
| India | 1 | 5% |
| Australia | 1 | 5% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 5% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 5% |
| Italy | 1 | 5% |
| Unknown | 8 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 9 | 43% |
| Scientists | 7 | 33% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 4 | 19% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 178 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 178 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 18 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 17 | 10% |
| Student > Master | 16 | 9% |
| Researcher | 12 | 7% |
| Other | 8 | 4% |
| Other | 29 | 16% |
| Unknown | 78 | 44% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Sports and Recreations | 27 | 15% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 25 | 14% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 17 | 10% |
| Social Sciences | 4 | 2% |
| Unspecified | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 19 | 11% |
| Unknown | 82 | 46% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 16. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 25 April 2018.
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#1,982,713
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#299
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#45,490
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#13
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