High physical fitness in childhood and adolescence is positively associated with favourable health-related outcomes. Our aim was to examine the relationship between relatives' (father, mother, brother, sister, and best friend) physical activity engagement and encouragement on adolescents' physical fitness. Adolescents were part of the HELENA study, a multi-centre study conducted ...
In this study, we evaluated agreement among three generations of ActiGraph™ accelerometers in children and adolescents. Twenty-nine participants (mean age = 14.2 ± 3.0 years) completed two laboratory-based activity sessions, each lasting 60 min. During each session, participants concurrently wore three different models of the ActiGraph™ accelerometers (GT1M, GT3X, GT3X+). Agreement among ...
Background
Children with congenital heart disease (CHD) have a reduced exercise capacity. Studies suggest that prolonged hospitalization might contribute to deconditioning in exercise capacity. This study examined the postoperative physical activity among children with CHD after a hospital stay.
Methods
34 children and adolescents with CHD (21 girls, 8.0 years [IQ: 6.0-11.0 years]) ...
Introduction
Accelerometers have been seen as gold-standard objective tool for monitoring childrens’ habitual physical activity. To become biologically meaningful, the activity levels have generally been estimated on the basis of cut-off points. However, there is a lack of general agreement on how to choose the cut-off points (Bornstein et al., 2011). ...
Introduction
Research lacks knowledge regarding the intensity of physical activity (PA) that preschool children need for the sufficient fundamental motor skills (FMS) necessary to be physically active (Stodden et al. 2008). This study aims at determining if different intensities of PA and FMS are related at the age of four.
Methods
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Introduction
In previous studies, most of which were cross-sectional, age has been found to associate with physical activity (PA). The aim of the present study was to evaluate whether the PA of 3-year-old children changed over the course of a one-year follow-up.
Methods
Physical activity levels of children born in 2007 ...
Purpose
To determine the effect of body mass index (BMI) on level of agreement between six previously established prediction equations for three commonly used accelerometers to predict summary measures of energy expenditure (EE) in youth.
Methods
One hundred thirty-one youth between the ages of 10-17 years and BMI from 15 to 44 ...
Purpose
The increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents has been associated with a decline in physical activity (PA). The majority of children display insufficient activity levels (Trojano et al, 2008). Various environmental and biological constraints have been shown to influence children’s PA but only limited information ...
Objectives
To investigate the impact of the CHANGE! curriculum-based intervention across time on children’s weekday and weekend day physical activity (PA) levels and to report effect of covariates on the outcome measures.
Methods
Twelve primary schools were randomised to an Intervention (N = 6) or Control condition. Baseline, 20-week post-intervention and 10...
Introduction
Children with Down Syndrome (DS) have been demonstrated as being less active1 and have showed lower levels of physical fitness2 than children without DS. To date, the information regarding physical activity (PA) and persons with DS is limited and inconclusive. Therefore, the aim of this study was to assess ...