Extracurricular physical activity(EPA)complements the recommendations of daily physical activity and directly influences children’s physical fitness.The main objective of this study was to understand the effect of EP...Extracurricular physical activity(EPA)complements the recommendations of daily physical activity and directly influences children’s physical fitness.The main objective of this study was to understand the effect of EPA practice on students’physical fitness.It is a sample of 51 students of the fifth year schooling(62.7%girls and 37.3%boys)with an average of 10.2 years of age.It is an observational study,with two groups,one of non-participation in EPA=17 and the other of participation in EPA=34.Data collection was performed at a public school in the Lisbon area through the Fitnessgram Test Battery and a validated questionnaire for research purposes in order to understand the sociodemographic variables and practice of EPA.The cardiorespiratory variables,BMI and muscular strength were evaluated through specific tests of each physical capacity.The data were collected at the beginning and end of the school year.Between the two moments there were significant differences in all variables,assuming a non-significant value for the right inferior flexibility p=0.149.There was improvement in all variables except the BMI,which showed an increase at the end of the year,with a mean magnitude,ES=0.49.展开更多
文摘Extracurricular physical activity(EPA)complements the recommendations of daily physical activity and directly influences children’s physical fitness.The main objective of this study was to understand the effect of EPA practice on students’physical fitness.It is a sample of 51 students of the fifth year schooling(62.7%girls and 37.3%boys)with an average of 10.2 years of age.It is an observational study,with two groups,one of non-participation in EPA=17 and the other of participation in EPA=34.Data collection was performed at a public school in the Lisbon area through the Fitnessgram Test Battery and a validated questionnaire for research purposes in order to understand the sociodemographic variables and practice of EPA.The cardiorespiratory variables,BMI and muscular strength were evaluated through specific tests of each physical capacity.The data were collected at the beginning and end of the school year.Between the two moments there were significant differences in all variables,assuming a non-significant value for the right inferior flexibility p=0.149.There was improvement in all variables except the BMI,which showed an increase at the end of the year,with a mean magnitude,ES=0.49.
