Eibrink, J. (Jarinke) (2017) Reduce health-related risks with Run2BFit: A training and lifestyle intervention to improve health-related fitness for children with DCD. thesis, Human Movement Sciences.
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Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and the feasibility of Run2BFit in children with DCD. Run2BFit is a training intervention combined with a lifestyle intervention for children with DCD, aiming to adapt to and maintain a more active lifestyle to achieve a higher health-related fitness on the long term. Methods: Seventeen children, aged 7 to 12 years, completed both the training intervention and the lifestyle intervention. Health-related fitness outcomes regarding cardio respiratory endurance, muscle power and anaerobe performance were measured at three different occasions. Parents, trainers and coaches were interviewed about the feasibility, experiences and efficacy of Run2BFit. Results: Health-related fitness outcomes showed no significant improvement during Run2BFit. Nevertheless, interviews with parents did reveal that children became more active in daily life and improved on several components like fitness, endurance, strength, speed, self-confidence and participation. Qualitative research revealed that Run2BFit was a feasible intervention for children with DCD, because there were no structural complications with the execution of the protocol. The feasibility was limited when children had behavioral problems or when parents were not motivated enough to change the lifestyle of their child. Furthermore, interviews revealed suggestions for improvement of the intervention (e.g. merging the trainings intervention with the lifestyle intervention, improving the involvement of parents, extend the time scheduled for training sessions). Conclusion: Run2BFit should be adapted with the suggested changes that came up in the interviews to make the intervention more effective, even more feasible and more fun. After these adaptations, the program should be executed and evaluated once more to indicate whether Run2BFit is an effective intervention to improve health-related fitness. Since children with DCD have increased chance on developing health-related risks, Run2BFit might become the first useful intervention to improve health-related fitness and reduce health-related risks in children with DCD.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Schoemaker, dr. M.M. and Stuive, dr. I. |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 04 May 2022 10:09 |
| Last Modified: | 04 May 2022 10:09 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3231 |
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