Recently added articles from Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport:
Pre- and postnatal women's leisure time physical activity patterns: a multilevel longitudinal analysis.(Epidemiology)
Sep 01, 2009; ... The purpose of this study was to examine women's leisure time physical activity (LTPA) before pregnancy, during pregnancy, and through the first 7 months postnatal. Pre- and postnatal women (n = 309) completed the 12-month Modifiable Activity Questionnaire and demographic information ....
Quantity, type, and correlates of physical activity among American Middle Eastern University students.(Epidemiology)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; ... The prevalence of hypokinetic disease among persons of Middle Eastern heritage is higher than whites and research on American young adults of this population is limited. Therefore 214 tertiary students of Middle Eastern descent self-reported their physical activity (PA) over a 1-week ...
Influence of activity monitor location and bout duration on free-living physical activity.(Epidemiology)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; ... The purpose of this study was to evaluate the influence of the location (ankle, hip, wrist) where an activity monitor (AM) is worn and of the minimum bout duration (BD) on physical activity (PA) variables during free-living monitoring. Study 1 participants wore AMs at three locations for 1 ...
Waist circumference, pedometer placement, and step-counting accuracy in youth.(Epidemiology)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; ... This study examined whether differences in waist circumference (WC) and pedometer placement (anterior vs. mid-axillary vs. posterior) affect the agreement between pedometer and observed steps during treadmill and self-paced walking. Participants included 19 pairs of youth (9-15 years old) ...
How many days are enough? A study of 365 days of pedometer monitoring.(Epidemiology)(Report)
Sep 01, 2009; ... This study was designed to determine the number of days of pedometer monitonng necessary to achieve reliable and valid estimates of a 1-year average of step counts in adults based on either consecutive days (CD) or random days (RD) of data collection. Twenty-three participants (16 women; M ...