AI Article Synopsis
- The study focuses on increasing children's physical activity through traditional Malaysian games during physical education.
- It quantifies the intensity of these games using accelerometers to measure various activity metrics among 30 primary school children aged 9 to 11.
- Results indicate that specific traditional games qualify as moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, suggesting they can effectively boost physical activity levels in young students during short play sessions.
Article Abstract
Objective: Children's physical activity can be increased by integrating game-based activities, such as traditional games, into physical education sessions. However, the level of physical activity of these games has not been quantified. This study aims to quantify the level of intensity for common Malaysian traditional games (i.e. and ) among primary school children aged nine to 11 years (N = 30).
Methods: We used an accelerometer to measure step count, metabolic equivalent task, level of intensity and vector magnitude during 20 min playing sessions. The playing space was standardised for each game to the size of a badminton court (i.e. 13.4 m in length and 6.1 m in width).
Results: The results showed that three traditional Malaysian games, namely and fulfilled the requirements to be classified as moderate-to vigorous-intensity physical activity in terms of step count, metabolic equivalent task, heart rate and motions in all planes.
Conclusion: This study shows that playing traditional games for 20 min can increase physical activity among primary school students.
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| http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7715468 | PMC |
| http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jtumed.2020.09.006 | DOI Listing |
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