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SynthesisInternational journal of environmental research and public health2015

What Is the Relationship between Outdoor Time and Physical Activity, Sedentary Behaviour, and Physical Fitness in Children? A Systematic Review.

Casey Gray, Rebecca Gibbons, Richard Larouche, Ellen Beate Hansen Sandseter, Adam Bienenstock, Mariana Brussoni, Guylaine Chabot, Susan Herrington, Ian Janssen, William Pickett and 4 more

Registry-linked trialOpen access · goldAbstract readSystematic Review
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In one paragraph

Synthesis in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04587765 (Effect of Extra-curricular Sports Activities After School on Primary School Children's Academic Performance in China), which is not on this map. Cited by 206 papers, 14 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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0cells of the map it votes in
206citing papers in PubMed, 14 pooled it
29.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT04587765 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Effect of Extra-curricular Sports Activities After School on Primary School Children's Academic Performance in China: A Non-inferiority Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

TypeinterventionalSponsorZhongshan Ophthalmic Center, Sun Yat-sen UniversityRan2020 to 2021Enrolled2,032ConditionsExtra-curricular SportsArmsExtra-curricular sports
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

206 citing papers in PubMed, 14 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 471 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Play, Learn, and Teach Outdoors-Network (PLaTO-Net): terminology, taxonomy, and ontology.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022
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  8. Systematic review of the correlates of outdoor play and time among children aged 3-12 years.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021
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  11. Don't take down the monkey bars: Rapid systematic review of playground-related injuries.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2019
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  12. Parental Correlates of Outdoor Play in Boys and Girls Aged 0 to 12-A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2019
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146 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

14 authors at 7 institutions in 3 countries.

Casey GrayHealthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada. casgray@cheo.on.ca.
Rebecca GibbonsSchool of Population & Public Health, University of British Columbia, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4, Canada. rlgibbons6@gmail.com.
Richard LaroucheHealthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada. rlarouche@cheo.on.ca.
Ellen Beate Hansen SandseterDepartment of Physical Education and Health, Queen Maud University College of Early Childhood Education, Thrond Nergaards Vei 7, NO-7044 Trondheim, Norway. ebs@dmmh.no.
Adam BienenstockBienenstock Natural Playgrounds, 64 Hatt Street, Dundas, ON L9H 7T6, Canada. adam@naturalplaygrounds.ca.
Mariana BrussoniBritish Columbia Injury Research & Prevention Unit, Child & Family Research Institute, British Columbia Children's Hospital, University of British Columbia, F511-4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, BC V6H 3V4, Canada. mbrussoni@cw.bc.ca.
Guylaine ChabotEvaluation Platform on Obesity Prevention, Quebec Heart and Lung Research Institute, Laval University, 2725 Chemin Ste-Foy, Local Y4283, Quebec, QC G1V 4G5, Canada. guylaine.chabot@criucpq.ulaval.ca.
Susan HerringtonSchool of Architecture and Landscape Architecture, University of British Columbia, 379-2357 Main Mall, Vancouver, BC B6T 1Z4, Canada. susan.herrington@ubc.ca.
Ian JanssenSchool of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen's University, 99 University Avenue, Kingston, ON K7L 2P5, Canada. ian.janssen@queensu.ca.
William PickettDepartment of Public Health Sciences, Queen's University, Carruthers Hall, Kingston, ON K7L 2P5, Canada.
Marlene PowerForest School Canada, 411 Corkstown Road, Ottawa, ON K2K 2Y1, Canada.
Nick StangerDepartment of Environmental Studies, Huxley College of the Environment, Western Washington University, 416 High Street, Bellingham, WA 98225, USA. rlgibbons6@gmail.com.
Margaret SampsonLibrary Services, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada. ebs@dmmh.no.
Mark S TremblayHealthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute, 401 Smyth Road, Ottawa, ON K1H 8L1, Canada. adam@naturalplaygrounds.ca.
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario · CAUniversity of British Columbia · CAQueen's University · CAQueen Maud University College · NOUniversité Laval · CAUniversity of Ottawa · CAWestern Washington University · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective of this systematic review was to examine the relationship between outdoor time and: (1) physical activity, (2) cardiorespiratory fitness, (3) musculoskeletal fitness, (4) sedentary behaviour; or (5) motor skill development in children aged 3-12 years. We identified 28 relevant studies that were assessed for quality using the GRADE framework. The systematic review revealed overall positive effects of outdoor time on physical activity, sedentary behaviour, and cardiorespiratory fitness, although causality could not be assumed due to a lack of RCTs. Motor skill development was unrelated to outdoor time; however, this relationship was only examined in a single study of preschool children. No studies were found that examined associations between outdoor time and musculoskeletal fitness.

Indexed as

EnvironmentMotor ActivityPhysical FitnessSedentary BehaviorChildChild, PreschoolHumansTime Factorscardiorespiratory fitnesschildrenmotor skill developmentmusculoskeletal fitnessoutdoor timephysical activitysedentary behaviour

Identifiers

PMID26062039
PMCPMC4483711
OpenAlexW2138675738

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