Self-Reported Physical Activity Level in Student Athletes at Preparticipation Physical Evaluations
Objective:
Quantify physical activity in healthy student athletes.
Design:
Cross-sectional survey.
Setting:
Five Central Ohio schools during mass preparticipation physicals.
Participants:
Three hundred sixty-five children between the ages 10 and 18 years.
Independent Variables:
Days per week of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA), minutes per day of MVPA, and number of activities.
Main Outcome Measures:
Minutes per week of MVPA.
Results:
One hundred eighty high school and 177 middle school subjects responded to the survey. There were 198 male and 162 female respondents. Mean age recorded 14.2 ± 1.7 years. There were no differences in activity volume based on sex. Mean minutes per week of MVPA reported 316.0 ± 231.0. High school subjects reported fewer activities than middle school cohort 2.7 ± 1.2 versus 3.2 ± 1.5 (P
Source: Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine - Category: Sports Medicine Tags: Brief Report Source Type: research