Key result
The Dancing Classrooms program elicited a moderate cardiovascular response (mean 124.4 bpm), with 47% of class time spent above a 60% maximal heart rate threshold.
Why the study?
Does the Dancing Classrooms program elicit a moderate cardiovascular heart rate response in fifth-grade physical education students?
Observational (n=96)
Does the Dancing Classrooms program elicit a moderate cardiovascular heart rate response in fifth-grade physical education students?
The Dancing Classrooms program provides moderate cardiovascular exertion for fifth-grade students, with specific dances like swing eliciting higher heart rates.
We examined how different types of dance activities, along with their duration, influenced heart rate responses among fifth-grade physical education students (N = 96) who participated in the Dancing Classrooms program. Results indicated that the overall Dancing Classrooms program elicits a moderate cardiovascular heart rate response (M = 124.4 bpm), in which 47% of class time was spent above a 60% maximal heart rate threshold. The swing dance in particular (M = 143.4 bpm) stimulated a much higher heart rate level than all other dances in the program, with a mean heart rate change of 52.6 bpm. Girls (127.3 bpm) achieved marginally higher heart rates (p = .059) than boys (121.1 bpm).
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Nelson et al. (2011) conducted an observational in Healthy physical education students (n=96). Dancing Classrooms program was evaluated on Heart rate responses. The Dancing Classrooms program elicited a moderate cardiovascular response (mean 124.4 bpm), with 47% of class time spent above a 60% maximal heart rate threshold.
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