Effects of Volleyball Intervention on Health-related Fitness in Primary School Students

NCT05853770 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 04-2100
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 88
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to find out if doing a 16-week volleyball program integrated in physical education classes at school can make primary school students stronger, faster, and have better endurance. The study also wants to see whether the program can lead to changes in the students' body weight, body fat, and muscle mass.

Conditions

Physical Inactivity; Adolescent Obesity; Physical Fitness; Body Composition; Healthy Lifestyle; Exercise

Keywords

physical activity; exercise training; physical education; volleyball; small-sided games; health-related fitness; body composition; physical fitness; adolescents; primary school

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Change in Cardiorespiratory Fitness

  Cardiorespiratory fitness is considered one of the most powerful health-related markers in adolescents. In this study, cardiorespiratory fitness is assessed using the 20-m shuttle-run test, which was adopted from the Eurofit test battery. Scoring is obtained as VO2max values (mL/kg/min).

  Baseline, after 16 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (9)

• Change in Flexibility

  Baseline, after 16 weeks

• Change in Speed

  Baseline, after 16 weeks

• Change in Strength

  Baseline, after 16 weeks

• Change in Agility

  Baseline, after 16 weeks

• Change in Body Fat Percentage

  Baseline, after 16 weeks

Study Arms (2)

TGfU volleyball intervention

EXPERIMENTAL

According to the national curriculum, children in Serbia must attend three regular physical education (PE) classes per week. Besides attending two regular PE classes, participants in the experimental group also followed a 16-week TGfU volleyball intervention that was implemented during the third PE class. The total number of sessions: 32 regular PE + 16 TGfU volleyball intervention .

Other: TGfU volleyball intervention

Control group

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Control group (CG) participants followed the national physical education curriculum. The CG participants conducted three regular PE classes per week or 48 regular PE classes in total.

Other: Regular physical education classes

Interventions

TGfU volleyball intervention OTHER

Duration of intervention: 16 week; Duration of each session: 45 minutes; Frequency: One session per week during the third PE class; The structure of each TGfU session had three parts: The introduction part comprised 10 minutes of moderate-intensity warm-up activities; The main part comprised mini-volleyball and small-sided games (25-30 minutes); The last part of the session was the cool-down period (5 min).

TGfU volleyball intervention

Regular physical education classes OTHER

Regular physical education classes following national physical education curriculum for second semester of seventh grade in primary school in Serbia.

Control group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 12 Years - 14 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• seventh grade primary school students
• were not exempt from participating in physical education classes
• did not have any health conditions (pediatric disease, orthopedic conditions, injuries, respiratory or cardiovascular disease)
• voluntary participation
• obtained informed consent from parents or legal guardians

You may not qualify if:

• exempted from participating in physical education classes
• currently participating in other interventions
• the presence of acute or chronic infectious disease
• the presence of injury
• not able to attend all intervention sessions
• not obtaining informed consent from parents or legal guardians
• do not want to participate voluntary

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Nis: lead
• University of Milan: collaborator
• University of Ljubljana: collaborator
• University of Banja Luka: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Primary School "Dušan Radović"

Niš, 18000, Serbia

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Sedentary Behavior; Pediatric Obesity; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Obesity; Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Study Officials

• Toplica Stojanovic

  University of Banja Luka

  STUDY CHAIR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 20, 2023
• First Posted: May 11, 2023
• Study Start: February 4, 2018
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2018
• Study Completion: June 8, 2018
• Last Updated: May 11, 2023

Record last verified: 2023-05

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

SE (1)