Smart-Quality Physical EducationNCT07227935
Sustaining Quality Physical Education for Healthy Kids
A study testing Smart-QPE in people with Smart-Quality Physical Education, run by University of Michigan at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of the technology-enhanced quality physical education (Smart-QPE) lessons on physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, social emotional learning (SEL) skills, and mental well-being in school students. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 8 to 14 yearsHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Smart-Quality Physical Education
- What is being tested?
- Smart-QPE
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 1,165 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 8 Sep 2025to 19 Dec 2025
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 8 to 14 years
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Who may be able to join
- students are 4rd-7th grade students aged 8-14 years old;
- enroll in the school offered physical education classes;
- being able to read and write in English;
- students can skip any questions they don't want to answer as they respond to the survey questions at the baseline and the post-intervention; and
- students can stop the aerobic fitness test at the baseline and the post-intervention
Who cannot join
- students cannot complete the survey, which means that students had difficulty understanding the meaning of each item due to severe cognitive impairment informed by the school nurse/social worker,
- students do not submit the survey on time (within a week),
- if a student only submit one survey either at baseline or at the post-intervention,
- students cannot take the aerobic fitness test, which means that students had difficulty moving their body due to severe physical impairment informed by school nurse/social worker.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109
About this study
The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of the technology-enhanced quality physical education (Smart-QPE) lessons on physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, social emotional learning (SEL) skills, and mental well-being in school students.
Read the detailed description
Students in 4th-7th grades from 17 elementary and middle schools in Michigan were invited to participate in the study. Students were assessed with cardiorespiratory fitness, social emotional learning skills, physical activity, and mental well-being at a baseline and the post-intervention tests before and after the Smart-QPE intervention. The Smart-QPE intervention included that PE teachers integrate the Heart Zone Moves System into their teaching quality physical education lesson in October and November, 2025.
- Conditions
- Smart-Quality Physical Education
- Being tested
- Smart-QPE
- Keywords
- Quality Physical Education, Heart Zone Moves System
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Smart-QPEBehavioural
During the Smart-QPE intervention spanning in October - November, 2025, the physical education teacher integrate the Heart Zone Moves System into teaching quality physical education lessons; students wear the heart rate monitor on his/her forearm to self-monitor his/her real time engagement in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) to maximize students MVPA time.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Smart-Quality Physical Education | Experimental | For the Smart-Quality Physical Education (Smart-QPE) intervention, PE teachers integrates the Heart Zone Moves System into teaching quality physical education lessons. During the Smart-QPE lessons, students wear the heart rate monitors synced to system to self-monitor their heart rates corresponding to light, moderate, and vigorous intensity physical activity. Receives: Behavioral: Smart-QPE |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)
The MVPA during the Smart-QPE lessons was objectively measured by using the Heart Zone Moves System, which is synced to each student's heart rate monitor wore on their forearms.
Measured: During the Smart-QPE intervention period (up to two months).
PACER test
The PE teacher administered the PACER test to students for measuring their cardiorespiratory fitness assessed during a regular PE lesson.
Measured: Baseline test and post-intervention test (up to 4 months).
Secondary outcomes (3)
Assessing Social Emotional Learning Skills Questionnaire
Students' social emotional learning skills were assessed by completing the Qualtrics Survey. This is online platform survey includes this social emotional learning outcome.
Measured: Baseline and post-intervention test (up to 4 months).
The Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children
Students completed the Qualtrics Survey, including Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children. Students responded to 7 items describing a specific setting to engage in physical activity on 5 point-rating scale.
Measured: Baseline and post-intervention test (up to 4 months).
Mental Health and Well-Being questionnaire
Students completed the Qualtrics Survey, including mental health and mental well-being questionnaire.
Measured: Baseline and post-intervention test (up to 4 months).
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted13 Nov 2025
- Study start8 Sep 2025
- Primary completion19 Dec 2025
- Study completion19 Dec 2025
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Smart-Quality Physical EducationStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of MichiganThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Model description
- During the Smart-Quality Physical Education (PE) intervention, the PE teacher integrated the Heart Zone Moves System into teaching each PE lessons, where students wore the heart rate monitor on his/her forearm to self-monitor his/her real time engagement in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA).
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 1,165 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of Michigan
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Weiyun Chen, University of Michigan
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07227935
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- HUM00241100
- Status last verified
- Jul 2026
- First submitted
- 19 Oct 2025
- Last updated
- 22 Jul 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- Yes
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided: In the IRB-approved consent form, we did not indicate that we will share IPD with other researchers.
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 22 Jul 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Sustaining Quality Physical Education for Healthy Kids
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT07227935
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- HUM00241100
- Conditions
- Smart-Quality Physical Education
- Keywords
- Quality Physical Education, Heart Zone Moves System
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 1,165 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of MichiganUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 8 Sep 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 19 Dec 2025 (actual)
- Study completion
- 19 Dec 2025 (actual)
- First posted
- 13 Nov 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of the study was to examine the effects of the technology-enhanced quality physical education (Smart-QPE) lessons on physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness, social emotional learning (SEL) skills, and mental well-being in school students.
Detailed description
Students in 4th-7th grades from 17 elementary and middle schools in Michigan were invited to participate in the study. Students were assessed with cardiorespiratory fitness, social emotional learning skills, physical activity, and mental well-being at a baseline and the post-intervention tests before and after the Smart-QPE intervention. The Smart-QPE intervention included that PE teachers integrate the Heart Zone Moves System into their teaching quality physical education lesson in October and November, 2025.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Not applicable
- Intervention model
- Single group
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 1
- Model description
- During the Smart-Quality Physical Education (PE) intervention, the PE teacher integrated the Heart Zone Moves System into teaching each PE lessons, where students wore the heart rate monitor on his/her forearm to self-monitor his/her real time engagement in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA).
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Smart-Quality Physical Education | Experimental | Behavioral: Smart-QPEFor the Smart-Quality Physical Education (Smart-QPE) intervention, PE teachers integrates the Heart Zone Moves System into teaching quality physical education lessons. During the Smart-QPE lessons, students wear the heart rate monitors synced to system to self-monitor their heart rates corresponding to light, moderate, and vigorous intensity physical activity. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 8 to 14 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- students are 4rd-7th grade students aged 8-14 years old;
- enroll in the school offered physical education classes;
- being able to read and write in English;
- students can skip any questions they don't want to answer as they respond to the survey questions at the baseline and the post-intervention; and
- students can stop the aerobic fitness test at the baseline and the post-intervention
Key exclusion criteria (4 listed)
- students cannot complete the survey, which means that students had difficulty understanding the meaning of each item due to severe cognitive impairment informed by the school nurse/social worker,
- students do not submit the survey on time (within a week),
- if a student only submit one survey either at baseline or at the post-intervention,
- students cannot take the aerobic fitness test, which means that students had difficulty moving their body due to severe physical impairment informed by school nurse/social worker.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Smart-QPEDuring the Smart-QPE intervention spanning in October - November, 2025, the physical education teacher integrate the Heart Zone Moves System into teaching quality physical education lessons; students wear the heart rate monitor on his/her forearm to self-monitor his/her real time engagement in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) to maximize students MVPA time. | Behavioural | Smart-Quality Physical Education |
Primary outcome
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA)
Time frame: During the Smart-QPE intervention period (up to two months).
The MVPA during the Smart-QPE lessons was objectively measured by using the Heart Zone Moves System, which is synced to each student's heart rate monitor wore on their forearms.
PACER test
Time frame: Baseline test and post-intervention test (up to 4 months).
The PE teacher administered the PACER test to students for measuring their cardiorespiratory fitness assessed during a regular PE lesson.
3 secondary outcomes
Assessing Social Emotional Learning Skills Questionnaire
Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention test (up to 4 months).
The Physical Activity Questionnaire for Children
Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention test (up to 4 months).
Mental Health and Well-Being questionnaire
Time frame: Baseline and post-intervention test (up to 4 months).
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 22 Jul 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided. In the IRB-approved consent form, we did not indicate that we will share IPD with other researchers.
Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
The record lists no contact. Use the official record to reach the sponsor.
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Smart-QPE in people with Smart-Quality Physical Education, run by University of Michigan at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 4 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Jul 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) (time frame: During the Smart-QPE intervention period (up to two months).). The study lists 2 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 Jul 2026.