A short-time coordination exercise program held during school recess improves agility in elementary school students¶

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Currency · newest study 2012 · checked against its sources 2026-11-02 (automated, 1 of 1 entry) · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q3 i? Third-grade students who completed the Droutability coordination program during recess scored significantly higher on repetitive side steps at posttest than control students, t(59) = 2.90, p < .005. → Yasumitsu et al. 2012

Evidence¶

Yasumitsu et al. 2012¶

Tatsuo Yasumitsu, Haruo Nogawa, Yoshiro Hatano. (2012). Effects of the Coordination Exercise Program on School Children's Agility: Short-Time Program during School Recess. Journal of Research, volume 6, issue 2. https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ954491

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Randomized pretest-posttest control group study of 60 third-grade students in Tokyo; the experimental group (n = 29) did the coordination program in 12 recesses over five weeks while controls did usual recess activities. Posttest means were "35.69 (7.24) for the experimental group and 32.87 (5.73) for the control group".

"After the intervention, the scores of the repetitive side steps were 35.69 (7.24) for the experimental group and 32.87 (5.73) for the control group. The differences between the two groups were statistically significant in favor of the experiment group, with t (59) = 2.90, p < .005."

Discussion¶

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