Assessment of physical activity by pedometer in Polish preschool children

Abstract

Purpose. The aim of the study was to evaluate and compare the physical activity patterns of preschoolers aged 6-7 years. Methods. A sample of 221 preschool children (116 boys and 105 girls) aged 6 (5.92 ± 0.30) and 7 (6.91 ± 0.25) years was recruited. Physical activity was assessed over 7 consecutive days by using pedometers to determine step counts (steps/day). Accrued anthropometric data included height, mass, and bMI. Data were compared with ANOVA to determine any significant differences between age and sex groups and the part of the week (weekday/weekend); intergroup differences were evaluated with Fisher's LSD test. A < 0.05 level of significance was adopted for all statistical tests. Results. No significant differences were found between the age groups (6-and 7-year olds). Physical activity over the 7-day period was significantly greater in the boys (13318 ± 2354 steps/day) than girls (12300 ± 2750 steps/day). Mean weekday step counts were greater among boys (13800 ± 2458 steps/day) than girls (12587 ± 2802 steps/day); this difference was statistically significant. Mean weekend steps were 12112 ± 3467 and 11579 ± 3930 steps/ day for the boys and girls, respectively. Mean weekday steps were significantly greater (p < 0.001) than mean weekend steps in both groups. The recommendation of 12000 steps/day was met by 60.6% of the sample (69.0% boys, 51.4% girls). Conclusions. Sex differences in physical activity patterns were observed in the sample of preschool children. boys, compared with girls, were characterized with a higher physical activity level on both weekdays and weekend days. Physical activity for both sexes was lower on weekend days than weekdays. The results indicate the need for improved health literacy among parents on current recommended physical activity guidelines and the suitability of a pedometer-based assessment method.

Perception of sensory impressions in children from music classes and their peers from general classes in Poland – a comparison

“…This does not have a positive effect on the development of balance abilities. Some other authors suggest different motor abilities due to exercises and school achievements in the case of motor stimuli assessed in different ways [22][23][24][25]. it is recommended to introduce more hours of physical education for children in music classes.…”

Physical education and the anthropological status of preschool-age children

“…У радовима се врло често обрађује ниво физичке активности код деце (Bürgi et al 2011;Chow et al, 2015;Czajka et al, 2015;Drid i sar., 2014;Figueroa & An, 2017;Hannon & Brown, 2008;Hussain еt al., 2018;Palmer et al, 2017;Raustorp et al, 2012;Robinson et al, 2013;Williams et al, 2008), али је такође ауторима занимљив однос у антрополошком статусу посматрано кроз пол испитаника, па се често траже разлике између дечака и девојчица (Aćimović 2013;Bala i Katić, 2009;Bardid et al, 2016;Cliff et al, 2009;Hardy et al, 2010;Jakovljević i sar., 2013;Pavlović i Marinković 2013;Robinson, 2011;Trajkovski i sar., 2014;Vale et al 2010).…”

“…Робинсон и сарадници (Robinson et al, 2013) такође су процењивали ниво физичке активности и њен утицај на БМИ и ниво развоја моторичких вештина и утврдили значајну повезаност. Чајка и сарадници (Czajka et al, 2015) упоређивали су ниво физичке активности радним данима и викендом, као и разлике између дечака и девојчица. Утврдили су да су деца активнија радним данима него викендом, као и да у активности предњаче дечаци.…”

“…, 2013;Agha-Alinejad et al, 2015;Antunes et al, 2018;Bala i Katić, 2009;Bardid et al, 2016;Bürgi et al 2011;Chow et al, 2015;Cliff et al, 2009;Czajka et al, 2015;Hardy et al, 2010; Jakovljević i sar., 2013;Marković i Šekeljić, 2008;Martinez-Tellez et al, 2016; Obradović i sar., 2011; Pavlović i Marinković 2013;Raustorp et al, 2012;Robinson, 2011;Robinson et al, 2013;Sigmundsson & Haga, 2016;Vale et al 2010;Veselinović i sar., 2009;Williams et al, 2008), -затим нешто мање лонгитудиналног типа -16(Altinkok, 2017; Drid i sar., 2014;Hannon & Brown, 2008; Horvat i sar., 2009; Hussain еt al., 2018; Kerić i sar., 2013;Livonen et al, 2011; Loy-Ee & HoonNg, 2018;Markov i Mesaroš-Živkov, 2010;Niederer et al, 2011;Palmer et al, 2017;Popović, 2008; Redžić i sar., 2011; Sadri i sar., 2016;Tan et al, 2018; Trajkovski i sar., 2014) -и најмање прегледног карактера -5(Bergmeier et al, 2014;Figueroa & An, 2017;Gebremedhin, 2015;Venetsanou & Kambas, 2010;Venetsanou et al, 2015).…”

The Sports Activities of Primary School Girls in Selected Slovak Regions

“… group 1 -objective records based on pedometers and accelerometers, for instance, the works of Tudor-Locke et al (2004), Harris et al (2009), Pagels et al (2011), Czajka et al (2015 and others,  group 2 -based on questionnaire or survey, for instance the studies of Pratt et al (1999), Nader et al (2008), Łubkowska andTroszczyński (2011), Stranavska andGörner 2015), Novotna and Slovakova (2016), Kostencka et al (2016) and many others.…”