Stable physical activity tracking during children's guided active play
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 13130632 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Asal Moghaddaszadeh (York University), Urooj Taqvi (York University), Caitlin Lee (York University), Erran Lee (York University), A N Belcastro (0000-0002-9841-1996, York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Pages | 881664-881664 |
| Publication date | 2022-08-17 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Frontiers in Sports and Active Living (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2624-9367 • E-ISSN: 2624-9367 |
| Publisher | Frontiers Media (PUBLISHER • CH) |
| DOI | 10.3389/fspor.2022.881664 |
| PMID | 36060626 |
| OpenAlex | W4292305362 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 28 |
Objective Physical activity (PA) decreases during childhood with PA tracking statistics showing moderate coefficients in early childhood moving to poor coefficients in late childhood. The age-related instability of PA tracking is attributed to variations in age-related PA behaviors when quantifying PA in different settings (in/out of school, sports camps, and habitual PA). This study has examined the stability of age-related PA for children (from 7 to 11 years) during self-paced guided active play (GAP) sessions separated by 12 months. Methods Children ( n = 65) recruited from community camps in two consecutive years were assessed for growth and PA participation during GAP sessions (1 h . d −1 on 2 d . wk −1 ) using cooperative games. Accelerometer outputs were used to quantify PA and estimate energy expenditure (EE) and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA). Tracking statistics were assessed by Spearman coefficients (r) and agreement scores for percentile rankings (Kappa (k)) after a 1-year interval. Results Grouped data for PA tracking (EE) over the 1-year interval showed strong coefficients (r = 0.88, p = 0.001) and moderate agreement scores (k = 0.54). Boys and girls showed similar results. During the 1-year interval, the MVPA tracking coefficient was r = 0.54 ( p = 0.01) with a moderate k score of 0.47. Age-related PA (EE) tracking coefficients at 7 (r = 0.90), 8 (r = 0.88), 10 (r = 0.82), and 11 (r = 0.83) years showed strong coefficients except at 9 years (r = 0.51). Conclusion Children's age-related PA tracking (EE and MVPA) is stable during self-paced GAP assessed over a 1-year interval. Since PA tracking is stable in self-paced GAP, GAP should be included in children's PA intervention strategies to improve health and fitness
Animal science · Biology · Confidence interval · Energy expenditure · Percentile · Physical activity · Physical therapy · Spearman's rank correlation coefficient · Statistics · Tracking (education · Children's Physical and Motor Development · Demography · Mathematics · Medicine · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Physical Activity and Health · Psychology · Internal Medicine
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| Highly cited | No |