Sustaining Quality Physical Education for Healthy Kids

Conditions

• Smart-Quality Physical Education

Eligibility Criteria

Sex

ALL

Age

8 Years - 14 Years

Healthy Volunteers

Accepted

Interventions

• Smart-QPE — BEHAVIORAL
  During the Smart-QPE intervention spanning in October - November, 2025, the physical education teacher integrate the Heart Zone Moves System into teaching quality physical education lessons; students wear the heart rate monitor on his/her forearm to self-monitor his/her real time engagement in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) to maximize students MVPA time.

Study Details

The purpose of the study is to examine the effects of the technology-enhanced quality physical education (Smart-QPE) lessons on physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, social emotional learning (SEL) skills, and mental well-being in school students.

Key Dates

Start date

Sep 8, 2025

Status verified

Jan 2026

Primary completion

Dec 19, 2025

Completion

Aug 1, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment

970 participants (estimated)

Allocation

NA

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Arms

• Experimental: Smart-Quality Physical Education
  For the Smart-Quality Physical Education (Smart-QPE) intervention, PE teachers integrates the Heart Zone Moves System into teaching quality physical education lessons. During the Smart-QPE lessons, students wear the heart rate monitors synced to system to self-monitor their heart rates corresponding to light, moderate, and vigorous intensity physical activity.

Primary Outcome Measure

Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) [ Time Frame: During the Smart-QPE intervention period (up to two months). ]

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