ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2022
Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity Levels and Patterns Vary in an Age- and Sex-Dependent Fashion among Finnish Children and Adolescents.
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- Full-Day Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviour Levels of Typically Developing Children and Adolescents in the Middle East: A Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Pooled it
- Evaluating the Let's Move It intervention programme theory for adolescents' physical activity: Theorized psychosocial mechanisms of behavioural changes.British journal of health psychology · 2025Trial
- Associations between 24-hour movement behavior and non-suicidal self-injury in adolescents: based on compositional data and isotemporal substitution analysis.BMC psychology · 2026Article
- The relationship between perceived peer motivational climate and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity in middle school physical education classes using triaxial accelerometers: an analysis of a dual-process model.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Trends in Patterns of Physical Exercise and Screen-Time in Swedish Adolescents From 2013 to 2019.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
- Physical Activity in Children and Young Adults With Cerebral Palsy: Results From a Three-Month Exercise Intervention.European journal of sport science · 2025Article
- Data Analytics in Physical Activity Studies With Accelerometers: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2024Article
- Device-measured physical activity and sedentary time in the Nordic countries: A scoping review of population-based studies.Journal of sport and health science · 2024Article
- Physical activity has decreased in Finnish children and adolescents from 2016 to 2022.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Quantification of the Number of Steps in a School Recess by Means of Smart Bands: Proposal of Referential Values for Children and Adolescents.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of this study was to measure physical activity (PA), sedentary behavior (SB), and hour-by-hour PA patterns with an accelerometer in a population-based sample of Finnish children and adolescents.
methodsA total of 3274 participants (3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th graders) from 176 schools wore a hip-worn triaxial accelerometer for seven days during waking hours. Mean amplitude deviation of the acceleration data was used to assess PA intensity that was converted to metabolic equivalents and categorized into light, moderate, and vigorous PA. Angle for posture estimation was used to measure SB and standing.
resultsThe majority of participants' PA consisted of light PA, and they were sedentary for more than half of their waking hours. Children were more active than adolescents, and boys were more active than girls. Participants took, on average, 9890 steps daily, and one third met the PA recommendation. The participants were divided into tertiles based on daily steps to investigate the variation in PA patterns. Compared to the least active tertile, the most active tertile took twice as many steps on weekdays and nearly three times as many steps on the weekend.
conclusionsThe majority of the participants were not active enough, and there was a great variation in PA levels and patterns, especially among the adolescents and on weekends.
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