title: Heart rates of elementary physical education students during the dancing classrooms program.
abstract: We examined how different types of dance activities, along with their duration, influenced heart rate responses among fifth-grade physical education students (N = 96) who participated in the Dancing Classrooms program. Results indicated that the overall Dancing Classrooms program elicits a moderate cardiovascular heart rate response (M = 124.4 bpm), in which 47% of class time was spent above a 60% maximal heart rate threshold. The swing dance in particular (M = 143.4 bpm) stimulated a much higher heart rate level than all other dances in the program, with a mean heart rate change of 52.6 bpm. Girls (127.3 bpm) achieved marginally higher heart rates (p = .059) than boys (121.1 bpm).
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology, University of Texas-Arlington, TX 76019-0259, USA. lnelson@uta.edu
authors.forename: Larry
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Nelson
authors.forename: Melissa
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: Wendy
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Guess
authors.forename: Mary
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morris
authors.forename: Terry
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Olson
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Buckwalter
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D003615:Dancing / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D010806:Physical Education and Training; D012574:Schools; D012737:Sex Factors; D013334:Students