Exploring activity levels in physical education lessons in the UK: a cross-sectional examination of activity types and fitness levels

Autor: Patrick Esser, Emma Eldridge, Anne Delextrat, Oliver Bushnell, Emily Curtis
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: BMJ Open Sport & Exercise Medicine, Vol 7, Iss 1 (2021)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2055-7647
DOI: 10.1136/bmjsem-2020-000924
Popis: Objectives To establish pupil fitness levels, and the relationship to global norms and physical education (PE) enjoyment. To measure and describe physical activity (PA) levels during secondary school PE lessons, in the context of recommended levels, and how levels vary with activity and lesson type.Methods A cross-sectional design; 10 697 pupils aged 12.5 (SD 0.30) years; pupils who completed a multistage fitness test and wore accelerometers to measure PA during PE lessons. Multilevel models estimated fitness and PE activity levels, accounting for school and class-level clustering.Results Cardiorespiratory fitness was higher in boys than girls (ß=−0.48; 95% CI −0.56 to −0.39, p
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