Gender and academic year as moderators of the efficacy of mobile app interventions to promote physical activity in adolescents: a randomized controlled trial
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Actividad Física y DeporteResumen
No previous study has analyzed the differences in the effectiveness of an intervention with mobile
applications, according to gender and academic year, on the level of physical activity, body
composition, and physical fitness of adolescents. For this reason, the aim of the present investigation
was to establish the differences in the change in level of physical activity, kinanthropometric
and derived variables, and fitness with an intervention to promote physical activity base on the use
of mobile applications in adolescents according to gender and academic year. A randomized
controlled trial was carried out with a 10-week intervention with mobile applications that was
promoted by the physical education department of the school. The final sample consisted of 400
adolescents (210 males and 190 females; mean age: 13.96 ± 1.21 years). A total of 240 adolescents
were placed in the experimental group, and 160 were placed in the control group. Physical activity,
body composition an...