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ISRCTN
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ISRCTN15360785
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ClinicalTrials.gov identifier
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Public title
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Effect of a school-based physical activity intervention program on fitness and health in Swiss 7 to 11 year old children
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Scientific title
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Acronym
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KISS
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Serial number at source
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SWI05-013 (KISS)
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Study hypothesis
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It is hypothesised that the intervention will result in an increase of physical activity, fitness and health in the intervention group compared to the controls.
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Lay summary
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Ethics approval
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Approved by the Ethics Committees of the University of Basel, the University of Zürich, as well as by the Cantonal Ethical Committee of Aargau, Switzerland.
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Study design
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Randomised controlled trial
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Countries of recruitment
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Switzerland
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Disease/condition/study domain
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Healthy children with about 20% obese children included
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Participants - inclusion criteria
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Healthy children
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Participants - exclusion criteria
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Children with severe chronic disease (cyanotic heart disease, cystic fibrosis, asthma, motor disabilities)
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Anticipated start date
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31/10/2005
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Anticipated end date
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31/12/2009
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Status of trial
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Completed |
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Patient information material
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Target number of participants
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600
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Interventions
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The intervention will comprise environmental changes at school (i.e. daily physical activity) and individual components at home aiming at improving pattern and extent of physical activity and the control will have a usual school physical activity curriculum.
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Primary outcome measure(s)
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1. Total physical activity
2. Aerobic fitness
3. Percentage body fat
4. Bone mineral density of the femur
5. Quality of life
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Secondary outcome measure(s)
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1. Body composition (total lean and fat mass)
2. Body fat distribution
3. Additional cardiovascular risk factors
4. Bone mineral density of total body and lumbar spine and as well as bone mineral content of all measured sites
5. Bone metabolism
6. Overall fitness
7. Psychosocial health, social coping, stress coping, social anxiety, self esteem and addiction
8. Nutritional behaviour
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Sources of funding
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Federal Office of Sports, Magglingen (Switzerland) (ref: SWI05-013 [KISS])
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Trial website
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Publications
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1. 2006 protocol in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16756652
2. 2009 crossvalidation of analysis techniques in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18285806
3. 2010 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20179126
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Contact name
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Dr
Lukas
Zahner
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Address
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Institute for Exercise and Health Sciences
University of Basle
Brüglingen 33
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City/town
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Basel
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Zip/Postcode
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4052
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Country
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Switzerland
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Tel
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+41 (0)61 377 87 55
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Email
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lukas.zahner@unibas.ch
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Sponsor
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Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and University of Zurich (Switzerland)
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Address
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Exercise Physiology
Winterthurstr. 190
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City/town
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Zürich
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Zip/Postcode
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8057
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Country
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Switzerland
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Tel
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+41 (0)44 635 50 06
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Fax
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+41 (0)44 493 53 54
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Email
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kriemler@access.unizh.ch
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Sponsor website:
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http://www.unizh.ch/
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Date applied
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18/10/2005
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Last edited
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26/02/2010
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Date ISRCTN assigned
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22/11/2005
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