ArticleArchives of disease in childhood1991
Physical activity patterns defined by continuous heart rate monitoring.
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- Temporal trends and correlates of physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and physical fitness among school-aged children in Sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2014Pooled it
- Modifying middle school physical education: piloting strategies to increase physical activity.Pediatric exercise science · 2009Trial
- Intensity of a Physical Exercise Programme Executed through Immersive Virtual Reality.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Utility of accelerometers to measure physical activity in children attending an obesity treatment intervention.Journal of obesity · 2011Article
- The Measurement and Interpretation of Children's Physical Activity.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2007Review
- Physical activity - a neat solution to an impending crisis.Journal of sports science & medicine · 2007Review
- Relationship between the intensity of physical activity, inactivity, cardiorespiratory fitness and body composition in 7-10-year-old Dublin children.British journal of sports medicine · 2007Article
- Objectively measured physical activity and fat mass in a large cohort of children.PLoS medicine · 2007Article
- The physical activity patterns of European youth with reference to methods of assessment.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2006Review
- Self-reported knowledge and pattern of physical activity among male school students and their teachers in Al khobar, saudi arabia.Journal of family & community medicine · 2005Article
- Physical activity in Dublin children aged 7-9 years.British journal of sports medicine · 2001Article
- The health-related physical activity of children.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 1995Review
- Daily physical activity and blood lactate indices of aerobic fitness in children.British journal of sports medicine · 1992Article
- Rock Climbing for Promoting Physical Activity in Youth.American journal of lifestyle medicineReview
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Abstract
To investigate the physical activity patterns of British primary schoolchildren (mean (SD) 10.7 (0.3) years) the minute by minute heart rates of 67 boys and 65 girls were monitored continuously for three 12 hour periods during normal schooldays. In addition 39 children had their heart rates monitored during a 12 hour period on a Saturday. Few children experienced the volume (frequency, intensity, and duration) of physical activity associated with an improvement in cardiopulmonary fitness. Shorter (five minute) periods of the required intensity were, however, quite common. No difference between moderate amounts of activity was detected between boys and girls, but the boys had more five minute sessions of intense activity than the girls. These findings suggest that more research into the effects of short periods of intense physical activity on the cardiopulmonary systems of young children is required and that the determinants of habitual physical activity require further investigation especially in the context of sex differences at such an early age.
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