Laura Rossiter, Ruth Turk, Belinda Judd, Jennie Brentnall, Chloe Grimmett, Emma Cowley, Keith McCormick, Deborah Thackray
Preparing allied health students for placement: a contrast of learning modalities for foundational skill development
BMC medical education
increasing childrens cycling school physical activity national health goals objective conduct rct bicycle train program assess impact students school travel mode moderatetovigorous physical activity mvpa pilot cluster rct randomization school level n54 participants fourthfifth graders four public schools serving lowincome families seattle wa 2014 analyses 20152016 participants provided fitted bicycles safety equipment helmets locks lights 2 3hour bicycle safety course intervention bicycle train offered daily ie students volunteered cycle study staff school time 1 assessments occurred prior randomization time 2 assessments occurred 35 weeks intervention ie weeks 46 intervention period primary outcome percentage daily commutes school cycling measured validated survey mvpa measured accelerometry gps units processed machine learning algorithms secondary outcome two separate adjusted repeated measures linear mixed effects models students n54 nested within schools n4 intervention participants 1 absolute increase mean percentage daily commutes cycling 449 95 ci268 630 2 increase mean mvpa 216 minutesday 95 ci87 346 time 1 time 2 compared controls pilot bicycle train intervention increased cycling school daily mvpa short term among diverse innercity elementary school students bicycle train intervention appears promising warrants experimental trials among large diverse samples longer followup study registered wwwclinicaltrialsgov nct02006186