Article Title
Seasonal Variation in the Distribution of Daily Stepping in 11-13 year old School Children
Abstract
International Journal of Exercise Science 8(4): 358-371, 2015. Seasonality studies in adolescent’s physical activity (PA) tend to report total PA (e.g. steps/day) rather than more specific detail such as steps/hour. This study compared the detailed changes in PA between seasons. Thirty three adolescents (baseline age 12.2 ± 0.3y) wore the activPAL activity monitor for 8 days on two occasions. Steps/day were higher in summer (Mdn = 12,879) than winter (Mdn = 10,512), p.05), however, boys had significantly higher step counts in summer between ’13:00-14:00’ (p=.023), ’19:00-20:00’ (p=.032) and ‘20:00-21:00’ (p=.023). Total steps/day masked sex differences within specific hours of the day, particularly evening times. Detailed daily patterns of PA are required to fully understand differences between sexes and across seasons.
Recommended Citation
McCrorie, Paul; Duncan, Elaine; Granat, Malcolm; and Stansfield, Benedict
(2015)
"Seasonal Variation in the Distribution of Daily Stepping in 11-13 year old School Children,"
International Journal of Exercise Science: Vol. 8
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Iss.
4.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.wku.edu/ijes/vol8/iss4/5