Article
Geosciences, Multidisciplinary
Qi Zhang, Chun-Chi Ma, Yalong Jiang, Huale Geng
Summary: The existence of pre-existing flaws in rock mass has a significant impact on mechanical properties and fracturing behaviors. A series of uniaxial compression tests on sandstone specimens were conducted to investigate the effects of flaw type, infilling material, and flaw shape. The results show that relatively rigid infilling can improve the mechanical properties of the rock. The cracking process and crack type around the hole-like flaw are influenced by the type and shape of the infilling material, as it changes the stress state around the flaw.
FRONTIERS IN EARTH SCIENCE
(2023)
Review
Sport Sciences
Carlos Martin-Martinez, Pedro L. Valenzuela, Marcos Martinez-Zamora, Oscar Martinez-de-Quel
Summary: Objectives: This systematic review with meta-analysis aimed to assess the effects of school-based physical activity (PA) interventions on language skills in children and adolescents. The results showed significant benefits for reading, vocabulary, and comprehension, with a non-significant trend observed for language school grades. No significant benefits were observed for spelling or verbal fluency, and no consistent differences were observed between integrated and non-integrated PA interventions. Further research is needed to determine the moderating factors of these effects.
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Juuso J. Jussila, Anna Pulakka, Jaana Halonen, Paula Salo, Sara Allaouat, Santtu Mikkonen, Timo Lanki
Summary: This study examined the associations between active school transport and leisure-time physical activity with academic performance, academic skills, school burnout, and school enjoyment in Finnish adolescents. The results showed that active school transport was positively associated with educational outcomes and school enjoyment, but not with school burnout. Leisure-time physical activity was robustly associated with all outcomes. However, walking or cycling to school might lead to improvements in classroom performance and school enjoyment.
EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Sharon E. Taverno Ross, Ruth P. Saunders, Marsha Dowda, Russell R. Pate
Summary: This study aimed to describe the patterns of age-related change in self-reported physical activity domains among boys and girls in the U.S. transitioning from elementary to high school. The results showed that there were significant differences between organized and non-organized physical activities, as well as between boys and girls. Boys increased their non-organized physical activities after the age of 13, while girls declined and then maintained. Both boys and girls showed a decline in organized physical activities from ages 10 to 17. Therefore, future research should consider age, sex, and domain-specific physical activity options for youth.
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Drazenka Macak, Boris Popovic, Natasa Babic, Cristina Cadenas-Sanchez, Dejan M. Madic, Nebojsa Trajkovic
Summary: The study found that after 6 months of daily physical activity, preschool children showed significant improvements in muscular strength, such as grip strength and sit-ups. However, there were no significant differences between the experimental group and the control group in other fitness components.
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Simone J. J. M. Verswijveren, Jo Salmon, Robin M. Daly, Lauren Arundell, Ester Cerin, David W. Dunstan, Kylie D. Hesketh, Paul A. Della Gatta, Nicola D. Ridgers
Summary: This study found that replacing sedentary time with moderate or vigorous-intensity physical activity may benefit children's cardiometabolic health, especially in children with healthy weight and overweight.
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
(2021)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Rosa Virgara, Anna Phillips, Lucy K. Lewis, Katherine Baldock, Luke Wolfenden, Ty Ferguson, Mandy Richardson, Anthony Okely, Michael Beets, Carol Maher
Summary: The study found that interventions to increase physical activity in children in outside-school hours childcare settings are still unclear, with multi-component interventions potentially leading to a small increase in daily physical activity and slight reduction in BMI. Interventions were effective in increasing the proportion of time spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, but further research is needed to determine specific effects.
COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
(2021)
Review
Business
Charles Calderwood, Lieke L. ten Brummelhuis, Amanda S. Patel, Trevor Watkins, Allison S. Gabriel, Christopher C. Rosen
Summary: This review provides a cross-disciplinary synthesis of evidence on the implications of physical activity for job performance and proposes a resource-based framework to guide future research in this area.
JOURNAL OF MANAGEMENT
(2021)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Delfien Van Dyck, Anthony Barnett, Ester Cerin, Terry L. Conway, Irene Esteban-Cornejo, Erica Hinckson, Lukas Rubin, Elaine Rush, Orna Baron-Epel, Kelli L. Cain, Lars Breum Christiansen, Mohammed Zakiul Islam, Josef Mitas, Javier Molina-Garcia, Adewale Oyeyemi, Harish Ranjani, Rodrigo Reis, Maria Paula Santos, Cindy Sit, Anna Timperio, Wan Abdul Manan Wan Muda, James F. Sallis
Summary: This study examined the associations of accelerometer-assessed physical activity and sedentary time with BMI among adolescents across different countries. The results showed a negative association between moderate-to-vigorous physical activity and BMI, and a positive association between sedentary time and BMI. Additionally, school-based sedentary time and non-school-based physical activity had a stronger impact on these associations, and the study site also influenced the associations.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2022)
Review
Sport Sciences
James Woodforde, Tahlia Alsop, Jo Salmon, Sjaan Gomersall, Michalis Stylianou
Summary: The evidence on school-based, before-school physical activity programs is currently limited, with some positive associations at domain and subdomain levels. Continued research is needed to better understand the role of before-school programs in promoting physical activity.
BRITISH JOURNAL OF SPORTS MEDICINE
(2022)
Review
Medicine, General & Internal
Sarah E. Neil-Sztramko, Hilary Caldwell, Maureen Dobbins
Summary: This study reviewed the effectiveness of school-based interventions in increasing moderate to vigorous physical activity and improving fitness among children and adolescents aged 6 to 18. The findings suggest that school-based interventions may have minimal effects on physical activity participation time and sedentary time, but could improve physical fitness and lead to slight reductions in BMI z-scores.
COCHRANE DATABASE OF SYSTEMATIC REVIEWS
(2021)
Article
Sport Sciences
Jingkai Wei, Ruixue Hou, Liyang Xie, Eeshwar K. Chandrasekar, Haidong Lu, Tiansheng Wang, Changwei Li, Hanzhang Xu
Summary: This study aimed to estimate the association of sleep, sedentary activity, and physical activity with cognitive function among older adults. The results suggest that replacing sedentary activities with moderate-to-vigorous physical activity is associated with better cognitive function, and in older adults sleeping no longer than 7 hours per night, replacing excessive sleep with sedentary or physical activities may also benefit cognition. Future research is needed to examine the long-term cognitive outcomes of replacing different activity statuses.
JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND MEDICINE IN SPORT
(2021)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Haiquan Wang, Holly Blake, Kaushik Chattopadhyay
Summary: The study systematically developed an intervention for improving Chinese children's physical activity participation using the BCW and TDF frameworks. Through a systematic process, it identified 10 relevant TDF domains and selected seven intervention functions and 21 BCTs to encourage engagement in physical activity among Chinese children.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2021)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Andreas Stenling, Daniel Eriksson Sorman, Magnus Lindwall, Liana Machado
Summary: This study aimed to examine the bidirectional within- and between-person relations between physical activity and cognitive function. The results showed that higher levels of physical activity at baseline were associated with less decline in episodic memory recall. Positive occasion-specific within- and between-person relations were observed, with the most consistent being between physical activity and episodic memory recall.
JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Sina Gerten, Tobias Engeroff, Johannes Fleckenstein, Eszter Fuezeki, Silke Matura, Ulrich Pilatus, Lutz Vogt, Johannes Pantel, Winfried Banzer
Summary: Participating in physical activity, maintaining physical performance, and reducing sedentary behavior are beneficially associated with cognitive function in older adults. This study found that light physical activity had a positive impact on executive function, while attention and working memory were related to physical performance.
FRONTIERS IN AGING NEUROSCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Laura S. Belmon, Nina L. Komrij, Vincent Busch, Esmee Oude Geerdink, Danique M. Heemskerk, Ed J. Bruin, Mai J. M. Chinapaw, Maartje M. Stralen
Summary: The aim of this study was to explore potential factors influencing the inadequate sleep health of school-aged children, including personal characteristics, lifestyle behaviors, social factors, and living conditions. The results showed that factors negatively associated with children's sleep health included older age, perceived non-Dutch cultural background, lack of parental pre-sleep emotional support, parental barriers to timely bedtime due to siblings, among others.
JOURNAL OF SLEEP RESEARCH
(2022)
Review
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Shilpa Dogra, Jennifer L. Copeland, Teatske M. Altenburg, Daren K. Heyland, Neville Owen, David W. Dunstan
Summary: Recently, sedentary behavior recommendations have been included in public health guidelines of multiple countries, indicating the potential for preventing chronic diseases and initiating long-term behavior change. This paper proposes an evidence-based approach to physical activity counseling that focuses on reducing sedentary time. The authors suggest a stepwise approach to targeting sedentary behavior in clinical practice, particularly for highly sedentary individuals or those with chronic diseases or physical impairments. The findings emphasize the importance of addressing sedentary behavior as the first step towards promoting an active lifestyle.
PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING
(2022)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Jelle Arts, Jessica S. Gubbels, Arnoud P. Verhoeff, Mai J. M. Chinapaw, Annelinde Lettink, Teatske M. Altenburg
Summary: Valid and/or reliable questionnaires assessing 24-h movement behaviors in 0- to 5-year-olds are lacking. High-quality studies are therefore required to develop proxy-report questionnaires and evaluate their measurement properties.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Teatske M. Altenburg, Lotte de Vries, Rianne op den Buijsch, Emma Eyre, Alexandra Dobell, Michael Duncan, Mai J. M. Chinapaw
Summary: The present study cross-validated different cut-points for assessing physical activity and sedentary behavior in preschoolers. The findings showed that the current cut-points had poor to fair precision for sedentary behavior, light physical activity, and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity. The highly variable and omnidirectional activity pattern of preschoolers may explain the lack of adequate cut-points.
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Leonie Klaufus, Xiaodan Tang, Eva Verlinden, Marcel van der Wal, Lotte Haverman, Michiel Luijten, Pim Cuijpers, Mai Chinapaw, Benjamin Schalet
Summary: This study aimed to link the scores of RCADS-25 with the PROMIS pediatric item banks Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms. Different linking methods were used, and the IRT method with separate calibration was found to be the optimal choice. The results provide valid item parameters and crosswalk tables for translating the RCADS-25 scores to the PROMIS metric.
QUALITY OF LIFE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Manou Anselma, Teatske M. Altenburg, Jos W. R. Twisk, Xinhui Wang, Mai J. M. Chinapaw
Summary: Most actions targeting children's health behaviors have limited involvement of children in the development, potentially contributing to disappointing effectiveness. The Kids in Action study involved 9- to 12-year-old children in the development, implementation, and evaluation of actions targeting health behaviors. The results showed that the intervention had positive effects on energy/sports drinks consumption and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, but negative effects on speed, agility, coordination, and upper-limb speed.
HEALTH EDUCATION & BEHAVIOR
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Clinical
Eline M. Roordink, Ingrid H. M. Steenhuis, Willemieke Kroeze, Mai J. M. Chinapaw, Maartje M. van Stralen
Summary: The study explored predictors of relapse in weight loss maintenance behaviors from the perspectives of health practitioners and individuals who regained weight. Both groups identified several predictors, including changes in daily structure, stress, and lack of self-efficacy. The findings suggest the importance of considering different viewpoints and creating awareness of potential discrepancies in lifestyle coaching.
HEALTH PSYCHOLOGY AND BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Leonie Klaufus, Eva Verlinden, Marcel van der Wal, Pim Cuijpers, Mai Chinapaw, Filip Smit
Summary: The prevalence rates of anxiety and depression are rising significantly in adolescence, especially in girls. Anxiety and depression contribute to a large non-fatal disease burden, particularly when accompanied by suicidal ideation. Girls have a higher burden of anxiety and depression compared to boys.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Angie Luna Pinzon, Karien Stronks, Coosje Dijkstra, Carry Renders, Teatske Altenburg, Karen den Hertog, Stef P. J. Kremers, Mai J. M. Chinapaw, Arnoud P. Verhoeff, Wilma Waterlander
Summary: This paper presents an evaluation framework that supports researchers in designing systems evaluations in a comprehensive and practical way. The framework includes five iterative stages, covering the overall evaluation design, defining system boundaries, understanding pre-existing systems, monitoring program output, and measuring system changes. It integrates key characteristics from existing system evaluation studies and focuses on practical application.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Irma Huiberts, Amika Singh, Frank J. van Lenthe, Mai Chinapaw, Dorine Collard
Summary: Community-based obesity prevention programmes are important in tackling the obesity epidemic. The JOGG approach, a large-scale community-based programme in the Netherlands, has faced challenges in evaluating its complex and evolving nature. This study proposes an evaluation framework that considers local practice elements, including programme theory, implementation, adaption, context, and outcomes. The results of this evaluation will contribute to the field of obesity prevention and inform future practice and research.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2022)
Article
Psychiatry
Lianne P. de Vries, Dirk H. M. Pelt, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, Mai J. M. Chinapaw, Eco J. C. de Geus, Meike Bartels
Summary: This study examined the association between different measures of sedentary behavior (SB), light physical activity (LPA), and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) with well-being, and investigated the impact of timing and patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior on well-being. The results showed that, in non-occupational time, less total sedentary behavior and more total light physical activity were associated with higher well-being, while well-being was not influenced by the timing or patterns of physical activity and sedentary behavior.
MENTAL HEALTH AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2022)
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Simone J. J. M. Verswijveren, Nicola D. Ridgers, Josep A. Martin-Fernandez, Sebastien Chastin, Ester Cerin, Mai J. M. Chinapaw, Lauren Arundell, David W. Dunstan, Clare Hume, Helen Brown, Jacqueline Della Gatta, Jo Salmon
Summary: This study shows initial evidence that the message to break up sitting may have a greater impact on children's movement behavior than the message to move more. Future research is needed to further validate the effectiveness of this type of messaging.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2022)
Review
Sport Sciences
Jelle Arts, Elizabeth Drotos, Amika S. Singh, Mai J. M. Chinapaw, Teatske M. Altenburg, Jessica S. Gubbels
Summary: This study aims to summarize the correlates of physical activity in 0- to 5-year-old children. The research found 23 factors with consistent evidence of association with physical activity. However, the relationships between these factors are complex, and there are methodological challenges that need to be addressed.