Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Becky Breau, Mirko Brandes, Toomas Veidebaum, Michael Tornaritis, Luis A. Moreno, Denes Molnar, Lauren Lissner, Gabriele Eiben, Fabio Lauria, Jaakko Kaprio, Stefaan De Henauw, Wolfgang Ahrens, Christoph Buck, DEFICS IFamily Consortia
Summary: This study examined the associations between early childhood physical fitness and physical activity with later childhood/early adolescence physical activity, taking into account gender differences. The results showed that meeting the World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for physical activity and certain baseline fitness tests were strongly associated with physical activity and meeting the guidelines at follow-up. However, these associations varied based on gender and pubertal status. These findings highlight the importance of ensuring sufficient physical activity for children during early stages of life.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL NUTRITION AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Xiaolin Yang, Tuomas Kukko, Kaisa Kaseva, Stuart J. H. Biddle, Suvi P. Rovio, Katja Pahkala, Janne Kulmala, Harto Hakonen, Mirja Hirvensalo, Nina Hutri-Kahonen, Olli T. Raitakari, Tuija H. Tammelin
Summary: This study investigated the association between parental physical activity trajectories and youth and adult physical activity of their offspring. The findings showed that parental physical activity levels were related to the physical activity levels of their offspring, and physical activity during youth predicted higher physical activity levels in adulthood.
PREVENTIVE MEDICINE
(2022)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Fernando Estevez-Lopez, Diego F. Salazar-Tortosa, Daniel Camiletti-Moiron, Blanca Gavilan-Carrera, Virginia A. Aparicio, Pedro Acosta-Manzano, Victor Segura-Jimenez, Inmaculada C. alvarez-Gallardo, Ana Carbonell-Baeza, Diego Munguia-Izquierdo, Rinie Geenen, Eliana Lacerda, Manuel Delgado-Fernandez, Luis J. Martinez-Gonzalez, Jonatan R. Ruiz, Maria J. alvarez-Cubero
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the role of genetic susceptibility and gene-physical activity interactions in fatigue among women with fibromyalgia. It found that certain gene polymorphisms were related to fatigue, and that physically active carriers of specific genotypes reported lower levels of fatigue compared to their inactive counterparts. Overall, the study suggests that genetics and gene-physical activity interactions play a modest role in fatigue in fibromyalgia.
JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
(2021)
Article
Clinical Neurology
Mireia Felez-Nobrega, Andre Oliveira Werneck, Douae El Fatouhi, Katie de Luca, Sheikh Mohammed Shariful Islam, Fabio Franzese
Summary: This study investigated the association between device-based total physical activity and late-life depressive symptoms in older European adults, and explored potential factors that may explain this relationship. The results showed that higher levels of device-based total physical activity were associated with lower depressive symptoms, and this association was partly explained by limitations in activities of daily living and quality of life.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
Article
Cardiac & Cardiovascular Systems
Frederick K. Ho, Ziyi Zhou, Fanny Petermann-Rocha, Solange Para-Soto, Jirapitcha Boonpor, Paul Welsh, Jason M. R. Gill, Stuart R. Gray, Naveed Sattar, Jill P. Pell, Carlos Celis-Morales
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the relationship between physical activity and heart failure. The results showed that moderate-intensity physical activity was associated with a lower risk of heart failure, and increasing moderate-intensity physical activity may be beneficial for overall health.
Article
Sport Sciences
Jocelyn L. K. Tan, Anna-Mari Yla-Kojola, Johan G. Eriksson, Minna K. Salonen, Niko Wasenius, Nicolas H. Hart, Paola Chivers, Timo Rantalainen, Aulikki Lano, Harri Piitulainen
Summary: This study found that individuals at risk of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) have lower levels of physical activity in adulthood. It also showed that those at risk of DCD spent more time in sedentary activities and less time in vigorous physical activity.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Hege Hov Lomsdal, Sondre Arntzen Arntzen Lomsdal, Pal Lagestad
Summary: This study examined the impact of 60 minutes of physical activity during school hours on 15-year-olds' MVPA throughout the school day. The results showed that the intervention significantly increased the MVPA of low-active students, possibly bridging social differences in MVPA among adolescents.
FRONTIERS IN PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
Article
Neurosciences
Ana Verdelho, Manuel Correia, Jose Manuel Ferro, Sofia Madureira, Pedro Vilela, Mario Rodrigues, Mariana Borges, Vanessa Oliveira, Ana Catarina Santos, Manuel Goncalves-Pereira, Helena Santa-Clara
Summary: The study found a poor agreement between self-reported physical activity and objective accelerometer measurements in mVCI patients, suggesting that objective measures are preferable. Physical activity adhering to WHO recommendations was associated with better cognitive performance.
JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Johanna Sandborg, Jairo H. Migueles, Emmie Soderstrom, Marie Blomberg, Pontus Henriksson, Marie Lof
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the associations of 24-hour movement behaviors with body composition and cardiometabolic health in early and late pregnancy. The results showed that increasing light physical activity (LPA) or moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) while reducing sedentary behavior (SB) and sleep was associated with lower weight and more favorable cardiometabolic health in early pregnancy. Additionally, LPA in early pregnancy seemed to improve body composition and cardiometabolic health indicators in late pregnancy.
MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE
(2022)
Article
Chemistry, Analytical
Claudio Diaz, Corinne Caillaud, Kalina Yacef
Summary: This article presents an algorithm called U-BEHAVED that uses wearable accelerometers to detect behavior changes and habits in physical activity. The algorithm has been validated and shown to detect changes in activity behavior, promoting adherence and effectiveness of interventions.
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Fanny Petermann-Rocha, Donald M. Lyall, Stuart R. Gray, Jason M. R. Gill, Naveed Sattar, Paul Welsh, Terence J. Quinn, William Stewart, Jill P. Pell, Frederick K. Ho, Carlos Celis-Morales
Summary: This study explored the association between device-measured physical activity and incident dementia, finding that participants with higher PA levels had a lower risk of dementia compared to those less active.
Article
Health Care Sciences & Services
Marta Karas, John Muschelli, Andrew Leroux, Jacek K. Urbanek, Amal A. Wanigatunga, Jiawei Bai, Ciprian M. Crainiceanu, Jennifer A. Schrack
Summary: This study compared various measures of physical activity using accelerometry-based data, aiming to increase the generalizability and translation of research findings. The results showed a high correlation between activity count and monitor-independent movement summary, as well as other measures, providing harmonization mapping.
JMIR MHEALTH AND UHEALTH
(2022)
Article
Sport Sciences
Charles German, Nour Makarem, Jason Fanning, Susan Redline, Tali Elfassy, Amanda McClain, Marwah Abdalla, Brooke Aggarwal, Norrina Allen, Mercedes Carnethon
Summary: Sleep, light-intensity physical activity (LIPA), and moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) are all associated with more favorable overall cardiovascular health (CVH) and several key risk factors for cardiovascular disease. These findings emphasize the importance of lifestyle modifications in improving CVH.
MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS & EXERCISE
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Multidisciplinary
Vinko Zovko, Sasa Djuric, Vedrana Sember, Gregor Jurak
Summary: There is a familial association between physical activity and sedentary behavior, with mothers playing an important role in influencing children's activity levels. Grandparents have less significant impact on children's activity, while grandfathers' sedentary behavior is a predictor of children's sedentary behavior.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY
(2021)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Lousise A. C. Millard, Kate Tilling, Tom R. Gaunt, David Carslake, Deborah A. Lawlor
Summary: The study found that spending more time in moderate-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) is associated with lower mortality risk, regardless of whether it replaces time spent sleeping, sedentary, or in light activity. Conversely, increased sedentary time is linked to higher mortality risk, particularly if it replaces MVPA. The impact of MVPA does not differ depending on the length of sedentary or MVPA bouts.
Article
Education & Educational Research
Marcus V. V. Lopes, Bruno G. G. da Costa, Luis E. A. Malheiros, Humberto M. Carvalho, Inacio Crochemore-Silva, Kelly S. Silva
Summary: This study examined the within- and between-day variability of sedentary behavior (SB), light physical activity (LPA), and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) in adolescents. It found that adolescents were more active before school and after school, with females showing lower MVPA than males during school time, afternoons, and evenings. Additionally, higher age was associated with more sedentary behavior and less LPA during school time, afternoons, and evenings.
MEASUREMENT IN PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND EXERCISE SCIENCE
(2023)
Article
Psychology, Developmental
Joseph Murray, Andreas Bauer, Christian Loret de Mola, Rafaela Costa Martins, Cauane Blumenberg, Michelle Degli Esposti, Alan Stein, Fernando C. Barros, Pedro C. Hallal, Mariangela F. Silveira, Andrea D. Bertoldi, Marlos R. Domingues
Summary: This study conducted a longitudinal analysis on a birth cohort in Pelotas, Brazil, examining the mental health of children and caregivers before and during the COVID-19 pandemic. The findings suggest that families in poverty experienced significant material and interpersonal difficulties during the pandemic, resulting in increased mental health problems among children and caregivers.
JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Eduardo L. Caputo, Paulo H. Ferreira, Natan Feter, Igor R. Doring, Jayne S. Leite, Ricardo Alt, Julia Cassuriaga, Felipe F. Reichert, Airton J. Rombaldi, Marcelo C. da Silva
Summary: This study evaluated the short-term impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on low back pain outcomes in southern Brazil. The results showed that although the prevalence of low back pain did not change significantly before and during the early months of the pandemic, the intensity of pain and the likelihood of activity limitation due to low back pain increased.
Article
Nutrition & Dietetics
Javier Brazo-Sayavera, Inacio Crochemore-Silva, Bruno Bizzozero-Peroni, Noelia Gonzalez-Galvez, Edina Maria de Camargo, Jose Francisco Lopez-Gil
Summary: This study analyzed the association between adherence to the Mediterranean diet and physical fitness among Spanish and Brazilian youths during the COVID-19 lockdown. The study found that the optimal Mediterranean diet was significantly associated with very good physical fitness in boys and participants with parents/legal guardians' education level without university studies.
NUTRICION HOSPITALARIA
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Gregore Iven Mielke, Marcio de Almeida Mendes, Ulf Ekelund, Alex V. Rowlands, Felipe Fossati Reichert, Inacio Crochemore-Silva
Summary: This study aimed to compare raw triaxial acceleration data from two accelerometer brands (GENEActiv and ActiGraph GT3X+), as well as different placement positions (non-dominant wrist, dominant wrist, and waist). Thresholds for differentiating inactivity, moderate intensity, and vigorous intensity were derived. The results showed that the acceleration increases with the intensity of activities, regardless of brand or placement. The thresholds obtained from this study can be used to classify movement behaviors in adults accurately.
SCANDINAVIAN JOURNAL OF MEDICINE & SCIENCE IN SPORTS
(2023)
Article
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Antonio Henrique Germano Soares, Andrea Wendt, Inacio Crochemore-Silva, Clarice Martins, Arthur Oliveira Barbosa, Mauro Virgilio Gomes de Barros, Rafael M. Tassitano
Summary: This study investigated the prevalence and sociodemographic factors related to meeting individual behavior and 24-hr movement behavior guidelines among Brazilian older adults with chronic diseases. The results showed that none of the participants met the 24-hr movement behavior guidelines, and only a small percentage met the integrated recommendations for physical activity and sleep. There were discrepancies in meeting the guidelines based on sociodemographic variables. These findings highlight the need for strategies to promote the adoption of the 24-hr movement behavior guidelines among Brazilian older adults with chronic diseases.
JOURNAL OF AGING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Nathalia Assis Augusto, Bruna de Oliveira Fernandes, Inacio Crochemore-Silva, Mathias Roberto Loch
Summary: This study aimed to analyze the evolution of NASF-AB implementation in Southern Brazil from 2008 to 2019, based on the inverse equity hypothesis. The study analyzed 1,188 municipalities and found varying patterns across different states. In Parana, there was still significant inequality in NASF-AB coverage between the richest and poorest quartiles, while in Santa Catarina, the implementation of NASF-AB led to a significant decrease in inequality. However, in Rio Grande do Sul, the hypothesis was refuted as the implementation was higher in the poorest quartile.
CIENCIA & SAUDE COLETIVA
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Debora Tornquist, Inacio Crochemore-Silva, Luciana Tornquist, Gregore I. Mielke, Ulf Ekelund, Joseph Murray, Marlos R. Domingues
Summary: The study aimed to describe the trajectories of physical activity (PA) during early childhood and examine the associations with sociodemographic, gestational, maternal, and perinatal determinants. Data from 1798 children were analyzed, and two trajectories of PA were identified: Moderate and high PA, with a linear increase in the first years. Girls, highly educated mothers, and high birth weight children had a lower probability of following the high PA trajectory, while higher birth order was associated with a higher likelihood of high PA trajectory. These characteristics should be considered for planning PA interventions in early childhood.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Danilo de Paula, Inacio Crochemore-Silva, Rosane Harter Griep, Bruce Bartholow Duncan, Maria Ines Schmidt
Summary: This study investigated movement behaviors and physical inactivity in middle-aged and older adults in low-middle-income countries using accelerometry. The findings showed that women were less active than men, and physical activity decreased with age, especially after retirement. These findings provide evidence for public policies to promote physical activity, emphasizing the need to target women, older individuals, and those transitioning to retirement to improve and/or maintain physical activity throughout their lives.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Bruna Goncalves Cordeiro da Silva, Ana Maria Baptista Menezes, Helen Goncalves, Charles Phillipe de Lucena Alves, Felipe Mendes Delpino, Rafaela Costa Martins, Fernando Cesar Wehrmeister
Summary: This study aimed to evaluate the association between physical activity (PA) during adolescence and depression and anxiety disorders in young adulthood. The study found that active participants in leisure-time PA and total PA at 11 years had a lower risk of depression at age 22. Additionally, the more PA recommendations were met during adolescence, the lower the prevalence of depression. However, PA during adolescence was not associated with anxiety in young adults after controlling for potential confounders.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Charles Phillipe de Lucena Alves, Inacio Crochemore-Silva, Natalia P. Lima, Pieter Coenen, Bernardo Lessa Horta
Summary: This study found that there was no association or limited clinical relevance between occupational and leisure-time physical activity and cardiovascular risk factors in early adulthood.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Otavio Amaral de Andrade Leao, Thayna Ramos Flores, Gregore Iven Mielke, Inacio Crochemore-Silva, Andrea Damaso Bertoldi, Marlos Rodrigues Domingues, Joseph Murray, Rafaela Costa Martins, Luciana Tovo-Rodrigues, Isabel O. de Oliveira, Pedro Curi Hallal
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the association between physical activity in early childhood (1-4 years) and chronic stress. The results showed no clear association between early physical activity and chronic stress at age 4. However, higher levels of physical activity throughout early childhood may have a positive impact on chronic stress.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Sport Sciences
Otavio Amaral de Andrade Leao, Thayna Ramos Flores, Jaime Barratt, Andrea Damaso Bertoldi, Marlos Rodrigues Domingues, John Cairney, Ulf Ekelund, Inacio Crochemore-Silva, Gregore Iven Mielke, Pedro Curi Hallal
Summary: Physical activity has a negative association with weight-related growth indicators, and weight-related growth indicators also have a negative impact on physical activity in children under five years of age.
JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCES
(2023)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Andrea Wendt, Alan G. Knuth, Bruno P. Nunes, Mario Renato de Azevedo Jr, Helen Goncalves, Pedro C. Hallal, Inacio Crochemore-Silva
Summary: This study aimed to verify the trends in leisure-time physical activity in a Southern Brazilian city over 15 years and monitor inequalities based on gender, self-reported skin color, and socioeconomic position. The study found that women, Black/Brown individuals, and the poor have lower levels of leisure-time physical activity, indicating the presence of inequalities.
JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ACTIVITY & HEALTH
(2023)
Article
Neurosciences
Nina Gras, Torsten Brauner, Scott Wearing, Thomas Horstmann
Summary: This study aimed to investigate the challenge posed by progressively unstable balance devices to bipedal stance during early functional rehabilitation in THA patients. The results showed that increasingly compliant balance pads provided a progressive challenge, while the challenge posed by the oscillating platform was lower and independent of the ability to stand independently.
Article
Neurosciences
Sharon M. H. Tsang, Evest H. W. Chan, Jason Y. H. Chan, Gladys P. Y. Huang, Kelly K. T. Lam, Eunice W. Y. Lam, Allan C. L. Fu, Eliza R. Sun
Summary: This study examined the differences in postural adjustments between erect, hyperlordotic, and swayback postures when facing external perturbations. The findings suggest that adopting hyperlordotic and swayback postures alters the contributions of the active and passive subsystems of the spine in postural control, potentially reducing the spine's ability to withstand loading and shear forces.
Article
Neurosciences
Hsin-yi Wang, Cheng-Yi Ho, Min-Chun Pan
Summary: This study investigated the differences in lumbar and hip movements during gait and muscle activities related to knee osteoarthritis (KOA) patients and healthy participants. The results showed that KOA patients used a hyperlordotic lumbar and hip flexed strategy, leading to excessive stress on the lower extremity joints during gait.
Article
Neurosciences
Yoshitaka Otani, Osamu Aoki
Summary: This study found that feelings of fear affect postural control but not the internal focus of attention. This finding may be useful in assessments and interventions for older adults with a fall risk.
Article
Neurosciences
Haruki Toda, Hiroaki Hobara, Mitsunori Tada
Summary: This study investigated sex differences in lower limb dynamic joint stiffness (DJS) during walking in older adults. The results showed that ankle DJS was lower in older women, which was caused by the reduced ankle plantarflexion moment. However, knee DJS did not elucidate the cause of knee osteoarthritis (OA) in older women.
Article
Neurosciences
Luis H. Cubillos, Elliott J. Rouse, Thomas E. Augenstein, Varun Joshi, Edward S. Claflin, Chandramouli Krishnan
Summary: The study found that the reliability of stiffness, viscosity, and inertia of the ankle joint was good to excellent during standing. During walking, the reliability of stiffness and viscosity was also good to excellent, while that of inertia was fair to good. The minimal detectable change (MDC) ranged widely, but was higher for inertia during walking.
Article
Neurosciences
Alexandra F. Dejong Lempke, Danielle L. Hunt, Sarah B. Willwerth, Pierre A. d'Hemecourt, William P. Meehan III, Kristin E. Whitney
Summary: Adolescent athletes alter their gait patterns throughout a marathon race, and there are correlations between biomechanical features and race performance among young marathoners.
Article
Neurosciences
Ali Esmaeili, Sayed Esmaeil Hosseininejad, Amirali Jafarnezhadgero, Valdeci Carlos Dionisio
Summary: This study investigates the effects of footwear type, navicular drop and ankle pronation on lower limb joint stiffness during running. The results show that navicular drop and dynamic ankle pronation do not affect joint stiffness, but footwear type significantly affects joint stiffness. Conventional footwear increases ankle and hip joint stiffness while reducing knee joint stiffness, which may have implications for injury risk.
Article
Neurosciences
Takahiro Watanabe, Tomoya Takabayashi, Takanori Kikumoto, Yudai Kikuchi, Shunsuke Suzuki, Shiori Hiratsuka, Masayoshi Kubo
Summary: This study suggests that there are differences in abductor hallucis activity between individuals with chronic ankle instability and ankle sprain copers, indicating neuromuscular dysfunction in these patients, which leads to pain and instability symptoms.
Letter
Neurosciences
Susan M. Linder, Mandy Miller Koop, Jay L. Alberts
Article
Neurosciences
Elza van Duijnhoven, Marit van der Veen, Fieke S. Koopman, Frans Nollet, Sjoerd M. Bruijn, Merel-Anne Brehm
Summary: Gait stability is impaired in polio survivors with plantarflexor weakness, characterized by increased step width and step length variability and lower MoSAP. These factors are related to the elevated energy cost of walking in polio survivors.
Article
Neurosciences
Rebecca Hemming, Alister du Rose, Liba Sheeran, Robert van Deursen, Valerie Sparkes
Summary: In a forward bending task, there is a relationship between trunk muscle activation and regional thoracic and lumbar kinematics in NSCLBP subgroups, indicating different motor control strategies adopted by different subgroups when performing bending tasks.
Review
Neurosciences
Carina Pohle, Linda Becker, Jochen Baumeister
Summary: This systematic review is the first to compile evidence on the effect of the menstrual cycle on postural control. The evidence regarding the influence of the menstrual cycle on postural control is unclear. However, a trend of decreased postural control from the early follicular phase to the ovulatory phase was observed in balance tasks that eliminated or altered sensory input.