Avril Johnstone|Adrienne Hughes|Xanne Janssen|John J. Reilly
Pragmatic evaluation of the Go2Play Active Play intervention on physical activity and fundamental movement skills in children
University of Strathclyde|University of Strathclyde|University of Strathclyde|University of Strathclyde
active play novel approach addressing low physical activity levels fundamental movement skills fms children study aimed determine new schoolbased go2play active play intervention improved school day physical activity fms pragmatic evaluation conducted scotland 201516 participants n 172 mean age 7 years recruited seven primary schools taking part 5month intervention plus 24 participants receiving intervention recruited act comparison group189 participants physical activity measured using actigraph gt3x accelerometer baseline followup 5 months later subsample participants intervention n 102 comparison n 21 groups fms assessed using test gross motor development tgmd2 baseline followup changes school day physical activity fms variables examined using repeated measures anova main effect group time baseline followup results indicated significant interaction mean counts per minute percent time sedentary behavior light intensity physical activity moderate vigorous physical activity mvpa p 001 school day physical activity significant interaction gross motor quotient gmq score p 002 percentile p 004 locomotor skills score percentile p 002 significant interaction object control skills score p 01 percentile p 03 go2play active play intervention may promising way improving physical activity fms needs confirmed rct