@article {Burns:2017:1087-3244:591,
title = "School Physical Activity Programming and Gross Motor Skills in Children",
journal = "American Journal of Health Behavior",
parent_itemid = "infobike://png/ajhb",
publishercode ="png",
year = "2017",
volume = "41",
number = "5",
publication date ="2017-09-01T00:00:00",
pages = "591-598",
itemtype = "ARTICLE",
issn = "1087-3244",
eissn = "1945-7359",
url = "https://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/png/ajhb/2017/00000041/00000005/art00008",
doi = "doi:10.5993/AJHB.41.5.8",
keyword = "SCHOOLS, MOTOR SKILLS, TGMD-3, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, CHILDREN",
author = "Burns, Ryan D. and Fu, You and Hannon, James C. and Brusseau, Timothy A.",
abstract = "
Objective: We examined the effect of a comprehensive school physical activity program (CSPAP) on gross motor skills in children. Methods: Participants were 959 children (1st-6th grade; Mean age = 9.1 \textpm 1.5 years; 406 girls, 553 boys) recruited from 5 low-income
schools receiving a year-long CSPAP intervention. Data were collected at the beginning of the school year and at a 36-week follow-up. Gross motor skills were assessed using the Test for Gross Motor Development (3rd ed.) (TGMD-3) instrument. Multi-level mixed effects models were employed to
examine the effect of CSPAP on TGMD-3 scores, testing age and sex as effect modifiers and adjusting for clustering of observations within the data structure. Results: There were statistically significant coefficients for time ( = 8.1, 95% CI [3.9, 12.3], p < .001) and an age
\texttimes time interaction ( = -1.7, 95% CI [-2.3, -1.1], p Conclusions: Children showed improved gross motor skill scores at the end of the 36-week
CSPAP that were modified by age, as younger children displayed greater improvements in TGMD-3 scores compared to older children.",
}