Danqing Zhang|Liyun Shi|Xiaoyan Zhu|Sitong Chen|Yang Liu
Effects of intervention integrating physical literacy into active school recesses on physical fitness and academic achievement in Chinese children
Shanghai University of Sport|Victoria University|Shanghai University of Sport
aim study examine effects schoolbased intervention integrating physical literacy pl active school recesses asr physical fitness ie body composition 20m shuttle run 50m run rope skipping sit reach handgrip academic achievement ie academic result chinese mathematics chinese childrena total 357 children mean age 78 07 years boys 504 recruited two schools two schools randomly assigned intervention group ig control group cg respectively ig consisted 155 children mean age 79 07 years boys 510 202 children mean age 78 07 years boys 50 allocated cg children ig received 10week intervention integrating pl conducted asr cg childrens regular school activity remained intervention period generalized estimating equation performed compare levels physical fitness academic achievement ig cg interventionregarding physical fitness significant group time interaction 20m shuttle run 389 95 ci 508 271 p 0001 handgrip 070 95 ci 120 020 p 0006 intervention children ig greater increase cg p 0001 terms 20m shuttle run handgrip addition posttest analysis indicated performance children ig significantly greater cg 20m shuttle run p 0001 handgrip p 0002 significant group time interaction academic result chinese 121 95 ci 191 056 p 0001 academic result mathematics 1671 95 ci 1514 18143 p 0001 statistically significant positive difference posttest observed academic result mathematics ig cg p 0012the results intervention study indicate intervention integrating pl asr could bring promising effect physical fitness academic achievement children recommended future studies necessary assess effects asrbased pl intervention physical cognitive outcomes using wide range sample