Smart gym class: wearable tech aims to boost Kids' fitness
NCT ID NCT07227935
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jul 23, 2026 · Updated 3 times
Summary
This study tests whether using heart rate monitors during physical education (PE) lessons helps 4th to 7th graders (ages 8-14) stay active and improve their fitness, social skills, and mental well-being. About 970 students will wear forearm heart rate monitors during special PE lessons in fall 2025. Researchers will measure physical activity, aerobic fitness, and survey students on social-emotional learning. The goal is to see if technology can make PE more effective.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Heart rate monitor and behavioral intervention (Smart-QPE)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could show that simple wearable technology in gym class helps kids be more active and improve their fitness and well-being.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage behavioral study with no health outcomes measured long-term. Results may not apply to all schools or students.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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1,165 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Sep 2025
- Finished
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Dec 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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8 to 14 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 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 Exclusion Criteria: 1. 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, 2. students do not submit the survey on time (within a week), 3. if a student only submit one survey either at baseline or at the post-intervention, 4. 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.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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School of Kinesiology, University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, 48109, United States