title: Effects of a short-term coordination exercise program during school recess: agility of seven- to eight-year-old elementary school children.
abstract: This study tested the effect of a short-term coordination program focused on improving the agility of school children ages 7 to 8 years. Healthy Japanese children were placed in an experimental group of 26 children (10 girls, 16 boys) and a control group of 20 children (9 girls, 11 boys). The experimental group participated in 10 coordination program sessions during recesses; each session was performed 1 to 3 times per week, for 26 days. No differences were observed between the groups in repeated side-step scores prior to the program, although an interaction was observed after the completion of the treatment. The short-term coordination program was effective in increasing the agility of elementary school children aged 7 to 8 years.
authors.affiliation: PCY, Ltd, Japan. sahara0808@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Tatsuo
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yasumitsu
authors.forename: Haruo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nogawa
mesh_terms: D054874:Athletic Performance / Q000502:physiology*; D002648:Child; D005080:Exercise Test / Q000379:methods*; D005081:Exercise Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007564:Japan; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools / Q000458:organization & administration; D016896:Treatment Outcome