ReviewPreventive medicine reports2022
Youth physical activity and the COVID-19 pandemic: A systematic review.
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39 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Temporal Trends in Health-Related Components of Physical Fitness of European Children and Adolescents from 1965 to 2025: A Systematic Review of Data on 417,362 Participants from 20 Countries.Sports medicine - open · 2026Pooled it
- Bidirectional Relationship Between Mental Health and Sports Injury in Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2026Pooled it
- Dietary Changes of Youth during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Systematic Review.The Journal of nutrition · 2024Pooled it
- Effect of a school-based multicomponent intervention on time-segmented physical activity and sedentary behavior among adolescents: a cluster randomized control trial.BMC public health · 2025Trial
- Changes in School-Based Physical Activity and Well-Being Among Adolescents Before and After the COVID-19 Pandemic.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Post-pandemic trends in youth sport: structural and social determinants of girls' and women's engagement in Ultimate.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Components of 24-hour movement behavior and self-reported physical fitness in Ibero-American preschoolers, children, and adolescents during the COVID-19 pandemic.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Postpandemic After-School Activities Among Youths in Australia.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Beyond the pandemic: tracing the evolution of activity, screen time, and sleep in European children over 3 years.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Long-lasting effects of pregnancy and childbirth on physical activity in early school-age children.Scientific reports · 2025Observational
- A longitudinal, two-cohort study of parenting influences on adolescent physical activity and screen-time during the transition to secondary school in British Columbia.Preventive medicine reports · 2025Article
- Changes in physical activity and sedentary behaviours of children living in Italy due to the COVID-19 pandemic: the EPaS-ISS study.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Article
- Condition Changes Before and After the Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic in Adolescent Athletes and Development of a Non-Contact Medical Checkup Application.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Prevalence and factors associated with physical activity in adolescents from five secondary schools in northern Peru.BMC public health · 2025Article
- Nature's Medicine? The Associations of Organized Youth Sport, Unstructured Physical Activity, and Land-Use Recreation with Children's Mental Health, Emotional Control, and Social Well-Being.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Longitudinal Outcomes of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Youth Physical Fitness.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Adolescent physical activity during school days: a comparative study before and after COVID-19 pandemic restrictions.Frontiers in public health · 2025Article
- Energy expenditure and enjoyment of instructor-led exercise videos for children ages 7-13.PloS one · 2025Article
- Infection to hypertension: a review of post-COVID-19 new-onset hypertension prevalence and potential underlying mechanisms.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Review
- Lockdown influence on diet and physical activity of seniors; has it weight consequences?Central European journal of public health · 2024Article
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Abstract
The purpose of the systematic review was to identify, evaluate, and synthesize evidence from available published literature examining the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on youth physical activity (PA). A systematic review of the literature was conducted for years 2020-2021. Published articles were searched in eight databases. Inclusion criteria included: availability of full-text, written in English language, and reported quantitative or qualitative results of original or secondary data on PA and COVID-19 related factors among youth (ages 5-17 years). A standard quality assessment tool assessed risk of bias and quality of included articles. The search retrieved 2,899 articles with 51 articles ultimately meeting inclusion criteria. The majority of articles (65 %) investigated change in PA from before to during the pandemic. Most evidence indicated an overall decrease in youth PA levels during the pandemic with differences observed among sub-populations (e.g., age, sex or gender), type, and location. Findings suggest pandemic-related closures hindered PA participation due to a high reliance on school- and sport-based PA. Programmatic strategies (e.g., activity breaks, active curriculum, free online activities/lessons) should include aligning intervention measures and geared towards evolving and ongoing PA promotion based on the latest findings.
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