Heart rate response and fitness effects of various types of physical education for 8- to 9-year-old schoolchildren
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Abstract The present study investigated the heart rate (HR) response to various types of physical education (PE) activities for 8- to 9-year-olds (five school classes, n = 93) and the fitness effects of a short-term PE training programme (three of the five classes, n = 59) with high compared to low-to-moderate aerobic intensity. HR was recorded during small-sided indoor soccer (SO), basketball (BB), unihockey (UH), circuit training (CT), walking (W) and Nintendo Wii Boxing (NWB) and Nintendo Wii Tennis (NWT). Maximal HR (HRmax) and physical fitness was determined by the Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Level 1 Children's test (YYIR1C) test. Following cluster randomisation, three classes were tested before and after 6 wks with 2 × 30 min/wk SO and UH lessons [high-intensity (HI), 2 classes, n = 39] or low-to-moderate intensity PE lessons (CON, 1 class, n = 20). Average HR in SO (76 ± 1% HRmax), BA (77 ± 1% HRmax) and UH (74 ± 1% HRmax) was higher (P 80% and 90% HRmax, respectively, was higher (P 80% HRmax being higher (P
Original language | English |
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Journal | European Journal of Sport Science |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 8 |
Pages (from-to) | 861-869 |
Number of pages | 9 |
ISSN | 1746-1391 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2014 |
ID: 100025740