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Effects of a Physical Activity Intervention on Physical Fitness of schoolchildren: The Enriched Sport Activity Program

Simona PajaujieneAntonino BiancoMichele BasileNuno LoureiroGuillermo Felipe López SánchezFatma Nese SahinDavid J SturmGarden TabacchiMarianna AlesiMarcello GiacconeAntonio PalmaCarlos SilvaEwan ThomasÖZkan GülerIlona Judita ZuozieneAnte RadaManuel Gómez-lópez

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Malefitness testsMulti-stage fitness testmedicine.medical_specialtysporting activitiesAdolescentfitness tests ; schoolchildren ; exercise ; warm-up ; sporting activities ; cognitive tasks ; inhibition ; working memory ; shiftingHealth Toxicology and MutagenesisPhysical fitnessPopulationPhysical activitylcsh:Medicineshiftingmedicine.disease_causeArticleworking memory03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineJumpingCognitive tasks Exercise Fitness tests Inhibition Schoolchildren Shifting Sporting activities Warm-up Working memorymedicineHumansMuscle StrengthChildeducationMotor skilleducation.field_of_studyexercisebusiness.industrylcsh:RPublic Health Environmental and Occupational Healthschoolchildren030229 sport scienceswarm-upcognitive tasksinhibitionSprintPhysical FitnessExercise TestPhysical therapyFemaleIllinoisbusiness030217 neurology & neurosurgeryThrowing

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Background: Physical fitness in youth is a predictor of health in adulthood. The main objective of the present study was to understand if an enriched sport activity program could increase physical fitness in a population of schoolchildren. Methods: In a sample of 672 children aged 10.0 &plusmn

https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17051723