ArticleSozial- und Praventivmedizin2002
Assessment of physical activity with a pedometer and its relationship with VO2max among adolescents in Switzerland.
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- Utility of pedometers for assessing physical activity: construct validity.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2004Pooled it
- Effect of Sex, Body Mass Index and Physical Activity Level on Peak Oxygen Uptake Among 14-19 Years Old Adolescents.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2020Article
- Self-efficacy regarding physical activity is superior to self-assessed activity level, in long-term prediction of cardiovascular events in middle-aged men.BMC public health · 2015Article
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- A comparison of two motion sensors for the assessment of free-living physical activity of adolescents.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2010Article
- Prediction of VO2max with daily step counts for Japanese adult women.European journal of applied physiology · 2009Article
- Graded associations between cardiorespiratory fitness, fatness, and blood pressure in children and adolescents.British journal of sports medicine · 2006Article
- Patterns of walking for transport and exercise: a novel application of time use data.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2005Article
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Abstract
objectivesIn the absence of a gold standard, the assessment of physical activity in children remains difficult. To record physical activity with a pedometer and to examine to what extent it is correlated with VO2max.
methodsSurvey on physical activity and fitness; 233 Swiss adolescents aged 11 to 15 carried a pedometer (Pedoboy) during seven consecutive days. VO2max was estimated through an endurance shuttle run test.
resultsThe physical activity recorded by the pedometer did not vary from one day to the other (p > 0.05). The physical activity was higher among boys than among girls (p < 0.001) and higher among younger adolescents (6th versus 8th grade; p < 0.001). The correlation between physical activity and estimated VO2max was 0.30 (p < 0.01).
conclusionsThe use of a pedometer to assess physical activity over one entire week is feasible among adolescents. The record provided by the pedometer gives an objective measure of the usual physical activity and, as such, is relatively well correlated with aerobic capacity.
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