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School-Based TGfU Volleyball Intervention Improves Physical Fitness and Body Composition in Primary School Students: A Cluster-Randomized Trial

This study aimed to explore whether a 16-week Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) volleyball intervention could improve primary school students’ physical fitness and body composition. Eighty-eight primary school students (age 13.3 ± 0.3 years) were randomized to a TGfU volleyball intervention gr...

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Autores principales: Stojanović, Darko, Momčilović, Vladimir, Zadražnik, Marko, Ilić, Igor, Koničanin, Admira, Padulo, Johnny, Russo, Luca, Stojanović, Toplica
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10253208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37297741
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111600
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author Stojanović, Darko
Momčilović, Vladimir
Zadražnik, Marko
Ilić, Igor
Koničanin, Admira
Padulo, Johnny
Russo, Luca
Stojanović, Toplica
author_facet Stojanović, Darko
Momčilović, Vladimir
Zadražnik, Marko
Ilić, Igor
Koničanin, Admira
Padulo, Johnny
Russo, Luca
Stojanović, Toplica
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description This study aimed to explore whether a 16-week Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) volleyball intervention could improve primary school students’ physical fitness and body composition. Eighty-eight primary school students (age 13.3 ± 0.3 years) were randomized to a TGfU volleyball intervention group (VG) or a control group (CG). The CG attended three regular physical education (PE) classes per week, while the VG attended two regular PE classes and a TGfU volleyball intervention that was implemented in the third PE class. Body composition components (body weight, body mass index, skinfold thickness, body fat percentage, and muscle mass percentage) and physical fitness (flexibility, vertical jumps (squat and countermovement jump—SJ/CMJ), 30 m sprint, agility, and cardiorespiratory fitness) assessments were performed pre-and post-intervention period. Significant interaction effects between VG and CG and pre- and post-test were found for the sum of five skinfolds (p < 0.0005, ŋp(2) = 0.168), body fat % (p < 0.0005, ŋp(2) = 0.200), muscle mass % (p < 0.0005, ŋp(2) = 0.247), SJ (p = 0.002, ŋp(2) = 0.103), CMJ (p = 0.001, ŋp(2) = 0.120), 30 m sprint (p = 0.019, ŋp(2) = 0.062), agility T-test (p < 0.0005, ŋp(2) = 0.238), and VO(2max) (p < 0.0005, ŋp(2) = 0.253). Further examination revealed a greater improvement among VG students compared to CG students in certain body composition and physical fitness outcomes. Implementing a TGfU volleyball intervention in the physical education curriculum appears to have effective stimuli for reducing adiposity and promoting physical fitness levels in seventh-grade primary school students.
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spelling pubmed-102532082023-06-10 School-Based TGfU Volleyball Intervention Improves Physical Fitness and Body Composition in Primary School Students: A Cluster-Randomized Trial Stojanović, Darko Momčilović, Vladimir Zadražnik, Marko Ilić, Igor Koničanin, Admira Padulo, Johnny Russo, Luca Stojanović, Toplica Healthcare (Basel) Article This study aimed to explore whether a 16-week Teaching Games for Understanding (TGfU) volleyball intervention could improve primary school students’ physical fitness and body composition. Eighty-eight primary school students (age 13.3 ± 0.3 years) were randomized to a TGfU volleyball intervention group (VG) or a control group (CG). The CG attended three regular physical education (PE) classes per week, while the VG attended two regular PE classes and a TGfU volleyball intervention that was implemented in the third PE class. Body composition components (body weight, body mass index, skinfold thickness, body fat percentage, and muscle mass percentage) and physical fitness (flexibility, vertical jumps (squat and countermovement jump—SJ/CMJ), 30 m sprint, agility, and cardiorespiratory fitness) assessments were performed pre-and post-intervention period. Significant interaction effects between VG and CG and pre- and post-test were found for the sum of five skinfolds (p < 0.0005, ŋp(2) = 0.168), body fat % (p < 0.0005, ŋp(2) = 0.200), muscle mass % (p < 0.0005, ŋp(2) = 0.247), SJ (p = 0.002, ŋp(2) = 0.103), CMJ (p = 0.001, ŋp(2) = 0.120), 30 m sprint (p = 0.019, ŋp(2) = 0.062), agility T-test (p < 0.0005, ŋp(2) = 0.238), and VO(2max) (p < 0.0005, ŋp(2) = 0.253). Further examination revealed a greater improvement among VG students compared to CG students in certain body composition and physical fitness outcomes. Implementing a TGfU volleyball intervention in the physical education curriculum appears to have effective stimuli for reducing adiposity and promoting physical fitness levels in seventh-grade primary school students. MDPI 2023-05-30 /pmc/articles/PMC10253208/ /pubmed/37297741 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111600 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Stojanović, Darko
Momčilović, Vladimir
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Ilić, Igor
Koničanin, Admira
Padulo, Johnny
Russo, Luca
Stojanović, Toplica
School-Based TGfU Volleyball Intervention Improves Physical Fitness and Body Composition in Primary School Students: A Cluster-Randomized Trial
title School-Based TGfU Volleyball Intervention Improves Physical Fitness and Body Composition in Primary School Students: A Cluster-Randomized Trial
title_full School-Based TGfU Volleyball Intervention Improves Physical Fitness and Body Composition in Primary School Students: A Cluster-Randomized Trial
title_fullStr School-Based TGfU Volleyball Intervention Improves Physical Fitness and Body Composition in Primary School Students: A Cluster-Randomized Trial
title_full_unstemmed School-Based TGfU Volleyball Intervention Improves Physical Fitness and Body Composition in Primary School Students: A Cluster-Randomized Trial
title_short School-Based TGfU Volleyball Intervention Improves Physical Fitness and Body Composition in Primary School Students: A Cluster-Randomized Trial
title_sort school-based tgfu volleyball intervention improves physical fitness and body composition in primary school students: a cluster-randomized trial
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10253208/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37297741
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare11111600
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