One-Year Effects of the FIT FIRST 20 High-Intensity and Multisport Physical Education Program on Physical Fitness and Psychological Outcomes in Early Adolescents: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial.
A year-long PE program significantly improved teens' cardiorespiratory fitness, agility, and muscle power compared to standard classes.
This randomized controlled trial examined One-Year Effects of the FIT FIRST 20 High-Intensity and Multisport Physical Education Program on Physical Fitness and Psychological Outcomes in Early Adolescents: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. The PubMed abstract reports Compared with the control, the intervention arm showed significantly greater improvements in cardiorespiratory fitness (5490 m, 95% CI [835, 10140], p = 0021), along with significant gains in agility and lower-body muscular power.
What the study was
- Study design
- Randomized controlled trial
- Population
- Human participants or patients described in the abstract
- Sample size
- 1652
- Category
- Other
- Maturity
- Validated
- Journal
- Scandinavian journal of medicine & science in sports
Why it surfaced
Randomized controlled trial with human evidence; score reflects novelty, clinical relevance, design quality, and population or unmet-need value under the v1.3 rubric.
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