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263 results for "General Activity"



Accelerometer-Derived Physical Activity in Preschoolers: A G-Force Histogram Analysis

  • Added on July 6, 2012

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). ...




Are Physical Activity and Fundamental Motor Skills Related at the Age of Four?

  • Added on July 6, 2012

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 ...




Influences on Children's Weekday and Weekend Day Physical Activity: The Change! Project

  • Added on July 5, 2012

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...


Objective Physical Activity in Children with Down Syndrome

  • Added on July 5, 2012

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 ...