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Objectively measured physical activity levels and sedentary time in children and adolescents with sickle cell anemia.
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- Physical Activity and Physical Fitness in Children and Adolescents Diagnosed With Sickle Cell Disease: A Scoping Review.American journal of lifestyle medicine · 2026Review
- Exercise in Sickle Cell Disease: The Impact on Pathophysiology and Clinical Symptoms.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Movement behavior in adults with sickle cell disease compared to healthy adults: a cross-sectional study.PloS one · 2026Article
- Exploring Posturography in Children with Sickle Cell Disease.Physical & occupational therapy in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Association of sickle cell trait with β-cell dysfunction and physical activity in adults living with and without HIV in Tanzania.APMIS : acta pathologica, microbiologica, et immunologica Scandinavica · 2022Article
- The Sickle Cell Disease Functional Assessment (SCD-FA) tool: a feasibility pilot study.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2022Article
- Impact of a submaximal mono-articular exercise on the skeletal muscle function of patients with sickle cell disease.European journal of applied physiology · 2021Article
- Is Skeletal Muscle Dysfunction a Limiting Factor of Exercise Functional Capacity in Patients with Sickle Cell Disease?Journal of clinical medicine · 2021Article
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Abstract
The aim of this study was to identify the levels of physical activity and sedentary behaviour of children and adolescents with sickle cell disease (SCA) compared to healthy individuals. A cross-sectional study with a quantitative approach was performed at a reference center for the treatment of patients with hemoglobinopathies in northeastern Brazil. Patients were recruited between October 2015 and January 2017. Eligible participants answered a Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children and Adolescents (PAQ-C) and were instructed to use an ActiGraph wGT3X-BT triaxial accelerometer for seven consecutive days. Fifty patients (and their 50 controls matched for age and sex) were then evaluated. We observed lower moderate (19.2 ± 11.9 and 27.1 ± 13.8 min/d; p<0.01) and vigorous PA (3.6 ± 4.1 and 7.8 ± 7.4 min/d; p<0.01) in cases than controls, respectively. There was also a significant difference among cases and controls in the following variables: total of steps (51010 ± 19600 and 59105 ± 22650; p = 0.04) and "total caloric expenditure" (1015 ± 516 and 2404 ± 1308; p<0.01), with the lowest values for the patients with SCA for all variables. Children and adolescents with SCA presented lower levels of physical activity than healthy children and adolescents, either when evaluated by PAQs or by accelerometer.
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