Little research exists assessing parent and child physical activity (PA) in relation to
parental knowledge of PA recommendations.
Purpose To subjectively and objectively assess parent and child PA and parental
knowledge of the moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) guidelines for adults
and children.
Methods Participants were 20 parent-child pairs (child age 8.9 ± 1.9 y). ...
Objective The purpose of this study was to examine the effect that sleep duration and quality has on next day physical activity among a population of young adult women. Subjects: Three-hundred and seventy-five women (18-24 yrs) were recruited to participate in the study.
Measurements Each participant wore an accelerometer for 7 ...
Introduction
Technology advances and manufacturing efficiency improvements have drastically increased the options and flexibility available to users of accelerometer-based products. These advancements have led to confusion among activity monitor users, and many have been led to believe that device output normalization is an obvious and easy step. In truth, there ...
Accelerometers offer valid and objective measures to assess free-living physical activity (PA) (Kodama et al, 2002; Lyden et al, 2012). While these devices provide rich information with frequent readings over a period of time, the large amount of data is difficult to analyze and special techniques to extract features are needed. Summarizing ...
Purpose Self-reported physical activity (PA) has several challenges, including recall errors, social desirability, incomplete answers and misunderstanding of questionnaires. All of these affect PA estimates. To reduce recall errors, daily PA diaries have been used as a criterion for other types of PA questionnaires. The purposes of this study were ...
Purpose The purpose of this study was to examine the use of the ActivPAL (AP) and ActiGraph GT3X (AG) for estimating SB during structured and free-living physical activity (PA) in youth.
Methods Twenty-nine boys and 23 girls (mean±SD; age, 12±0.9 yrs; BMI 23.3±5.8 kg.m-2) performed up to 8 structured activities and ...
Moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and executive function (EF), the
ability to organize thoughts and make decisions, have been identified as contributors
to cognitive ability and academic success in school-aged children. These associations
have not been established in young children.
Purpose To determine the influence of MVPA and EF on school ...
Purpose A hallmark characteristic of heart failure (HF) is reduced physical activity (PA) patterns and functional capacity. The relationship between key cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPX) variables and PA patterns has not been investigated. To evaluate PA patterns in patients with ischemic HF and its relationship to peak oxygenconsumption (VO2), the ...
Purpose To evaluate an unstructured afterschool physical activity (PA) program for
elementary school students.
Methods PA levels of 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade students (N=205) at four lowincome
elementary schools (67-79% free and reduced lunches) were cross-sectionally
assessed during an unstructured afterschool PA program. Assessments at each school
were conducted ...
National surveys indicate less than half of college-age students meet physical activity (PA) guidelines (ACHA, 2009). Additionally, 65% of college students are active video game (AVG) players (Jones, 2003). AVGs incorporate PA into game play and could be used to increase PA. A key step in establishing their efficacy as an intervention tool ...