@article{ref1,
title="Comparing free play and partly structured play in 4-5-years-old children in an outdoor playground",
journal="Frontiers in public health",
year="2019",
author="Tortella, Patrizia and Haga, Monika and Ingebrigtsen, Jan Erik and Fumagalli, Guido Francesco and Sigmundsson, Hermundur",
volume="7",
number="",
pages="e197-e197",
abstract="The aim of this study was to compare how the organization of a movement session as partly structured play or free play influenced the physical activity engagement in 4-5 years old pre-schoolers. The partly structured playgroup consisted of 46 children and the free playgroup consisted of 33 children. The playground activities consisted of 10 sessions each lasting 1 h, executed once per week in the period Mars to May 2017 at a specific playground setting. The partly structured playgroup conducted a movement activity session that included a combination of both structured- and free play activities. The free playgroup engaged in unstructured play, only. To detect the intensity of the physical activity each child carried an accelerometer 1 h the first week and last week of the intervention. <br><br>RESULTS indicate a significant difference in physical activity level between the two groups for the 5-year-old in the favor of the partly structured playgroup. There was a significant difference between the four-and 5-year-old in relation to physical activity level. No significant difference between the activity in March and May for the whole group was found.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2296-2565",
doi="10.3389/fpubh.2019.00197",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2019.00197"
}