Testing for inter-group contamination in a controlled longitudinal study of added physical education.
J Sports Med Phys Fitness
; 34(4): 403-6, 1994 Dec.
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ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE:
This case report examines whether there was any cross-contamination between students enrolled in classes that received additional physical education, and their siblings who were enrolled in preceding and succeeding class-cohorts. EXPERIMENTALDESIGN:
A controlled longitudinal study extending over 6 years of primary school.SETTING:
An urban and a rural primary school in Québec.PARTICIPANTS:
546 primary students, comprising approximately equal numbers of boys and girls from the urban and the rural school. INTERVENTION Entire class-cohorts were given and hour of additional physical education ach day throughout their primary schooling, with immediately preceding and succeeding class-cohorts serving as controls.MEASURES:
The measured data included standing height, body mass, maximal oxygen intake (direct treadmill test) and PWC170.RESULTS:
We found no evidence of cross-contamination between siblings in experimental and control class-cohorts.CONCLUSION:
Although a theoretical possibility, cross-contamination between students in preceding and succeeding class-cohorts does not seem an important source of error in primary school students, presumably because such children prefer to play with friends from their immediate age cohort.
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Educação Física e Treinamento
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Projetos de Pesquisa
Tipo de estudo:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Sports Med Phys Fitness
Ano de publicação:
1994
Tipo de documento:
Article