PT Journal
AU Sigmund, E
   Fromel, K
   Neuls, F
TI Physical activity of youth: Evaluation guidelines from the viewpoint of health support
SO Acta Universitatis Palackianae Olomucensis. Gymnica
PY 2005
BP 59
EP 68
VL 35
IS 2
DE Energy expenditure; accelerometer Caltrac; steps; pedometer Omron; age; gender
AB The main goal of this study is to develop guidelines for physical activity (PA hereafter) evaluation from the viewpoint of health support in Czech youth, based on 6 years of monitoring of PA with accelerometers and pedometers. For the guidelines proposal we used data from weekly triangular monitoring of PA (accelerometer Caltrac * pedometer Omron * individual logs = energy expenditure * steps * FITT characteristics of PA) in 1504 females and 1163 males aged 6 to 23. We expressed the guidelines by the means of relative values of active energy expenditure (kcal.kg-1.day-1) which enabled us to compare somatic different groups of females and males of different ages. Data analysis shows significant correlation (rS = .56 - .75) between the active energy expenditure from Caltrac (kcal.kg-1.day-1) and the steps from Omron (number.day-1) in both working and weekend days. The developed guidelines can help to evaluate the level of PA and to create effective interventional PA programs. To express the guidelines in a daily number of steps seems to be a good step towards their larger and more popular use.
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