{"title":"Physical activity and mortality","authors":"J. Gill","doi":"10.4324/9780203095270-3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203095270-3","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32633,"journal":{"name":"Physical Activity and Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-06-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47556410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recursive Partitioning Methods to Examine the Effects of Physical Activity on Physical and Mental Health: A Case Study at One Public University in the United States","authors":"S. Robinson, J. Gilmore","doi":"10.5334/PAAH.98","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/PAAH.98","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this study was to examine the effects of physical activity (PA) on physical and mental health within an adult sample, while controlling for demographic characteristics. Data were analyzed from the 2018–2019 Exercise is Medicine® On Campus (EIM-OC) assessment of students, faculty, and staff at one public university in the United States. Participants completed a survey including a demographic questionnaire, the 12-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-12), and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ). Classification and Regression Trees, a supervised learning technique based upon recursive partitioning, were utilized to explore the relationships between PA and health. Variable-importance was assessed via the permutation method and confirmed with ensemble learning methods. Results indicated that PA, especially in leisure, was predictive of both physical and mental health. Further, leisure PA was the single most important variable contributing to mental health. Greater levels of physical health were observed in adults achieving at least 672 MET minutes of leisure PA per week, while greater levels of mental health were observed in adults achieving at least 950 MET minutes of leisure PA per week. Despite current recommendations for PA (irrespective of domain), more PA (especially in leisure) improves physical and mental health.","PeriodicalId":32633,"journal":{"name":"Physical Activity and Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-05-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43529496","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Population-level Interventions Based on Walking and Cycling as a Means to Increase Physical Activity","authors":"H. M. Ahmed, M. Babakir-Mina","doi":"10.5334/PAAH.87","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/PAAH.87","url":null,"abstract":"Physical activity can assist in decreasing the risk of such non-communicable diseases as coronary heart disease, stroke and type 2 diabetes by up to 50% and can also promote mental wellbeing. Recently, the guidance for adults has been amended to recommend 30 minutes, 5 times per week of moderate to vigorous-intensity. The objective of this study was to report physical activity among UK populations via walking and cycling. This study analysed data from The Health Survey for England (HSE), Department of Health and Social Care, The Association for the Study of Obesity, The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), and Department for Transport. The recommended level of physical activity for man decrease significantly with increasing age, from 53% at age 16–24 to 16% at 65 plus. The proportion of women in physical activity is substantially lower, particularly once they reach the age of 65, with approximately 12% of women aged over 65 reaching the recommended levels versus 28–36% of younger women. In children, 72% of boys and 63% of girls aged between 2–15, are physically active for a duration of 60 minutes or more per week, which declines for girls after the age of 10. According to reports, walking is the most common, while cycling is the fourth most popular recreational and physical activity among the adults in the UK. An increase in the physically active population could influence health, the environment and the economy.","PeriodicalId":32633,"journal":{"name":"Physical Activity and Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-03-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43862399","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mari Kääpä, S. Palomäki, H. Vähä-Ypyä, T. Vasankari, M. Hirvensalo, Alicia L Fedewa
{"title":"Finnish Adolescent Girls’ Activity Patterns and The Effects of an Activity-Based Homework Intervention on Their Physical Activity","authors":"Mari Kääpä, S. Palomäki, H. Vähä-Ypyä, T. Vasankari, M. Hirvensalo, Alicia L Fedewa","doi":"10.5334/PAAH.73","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/PAAH.73","url":null,"abstract":"Purpose: The insufficient physical activity (PA) of adolescents is a global challenge, and there is a need to find opportunities to engage youth in active lifestyles. The majority of adolescents do not meet the recommended guidelines of physical activity, and especially females have low levels of activity as they approach adolescence. The goal of this study was to obtain insight into Finnish adolescent girls’ objectively measured physical activity by evaluating the effects of an activity-based homework intervention on low, medium, and high-active girls during after-school hours. Method: A physical activity homework intervention was put into place for female adolescent girls. Physical activity was measured by accelerometers and a self-reported diary from 87 girls aged 13 to 15 years. Results: Results indicated that high-active girls maintained their activity until the last measurement hour (10 pm), while the moderate- and low-active girls’ activity declined towards the evening hours. The high-active girls participated the most frequently in organized sports activities, and the low-active girls were the most active in participating in household chores. The PE homework intervention increased girls’ activity time an average of 34 minutes per week. Conclusion: This study offers a picture of the diverse nature of the physical activity that adolescent girls engage in during after-school hours and shows the potential of PE homework assignments to reduce sedentary time and thereby increase physically active time during after-school hours.","PeriodicalId":32633,"journal":{"name":"Physical Activity and Health","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44003812","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Physical Activity Climate and Health Beliefs Are Associated with Workplace Physical Activity Program Participation of Older Employees of a Public University","authors":"Victor Tringali, C. Aldridge","doi":"10.5334/paah.125","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/paah.125","url":null,"abstract":"Objective: Physical activity and work ability are increasingly important topics due to aging of the modern workforce. Workplace physical activity programs can help attenuate the decline in physical resources that typically transpires with age yet, older employees are less likely to participate. The study’s primary aim was to understand how perceived benefits and barriers and physical activity climate are related to older employees’ participation in workplace physical activity programs. Methods: The inquiry design was a needs assessment utilizing an 18-item survey. Respondents consisted of 862 older employees (>55 years) of a public university in the southeastern United States. Differences in total subscale scores between sexes, program participation status, occupational category and physical activity were compared and contrasted. Results: Differences in perceived benefit and barrier scores between workplace physical activity program participants (N = 474) and non-participants (N = 388) were significant with a p-value 0.001. Physical activity climate scores were significantly different as well with a p-value of 0.003. All three subscale scores (benefits, barriers, climate) were also significantly different between physically active and inactive employees with a p value 0.001. Conclusions: The findings from this investigation suggest that employees’ participation in workplace physical activity programs is influenced by their individual beliefs and perceptions of social and organizational norms. Physical activity climate should be a primary consideration to promote workplace physical activity program participation among older employees. Additional recommendations to improve participation among older employees are discussed.","PeriodicalId":32633,"journal":{"name":"Physical Activity and Health","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70695157","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniel Tao, R. Supriya, Yang Gao, Feifei Li, W. Liang, Jiao Jiao, W. Huang, F. Dutheil, J. Baker
{"title":"Dementia and Dance: Medication or Movement?","authors":"Daniel Tao, R. Supriya, Yang Gao, Feifei Li, W. Liang, Jiao Jiao, W. Huang, F. Dutheil, J. Baker","doi":"10.5334/paah.138","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/paah.138","url":null,"abstract":"The purpose of this paper was to examine the benefits of dance in providing a realistic and viable alternative to the provision of traditional physical activities for dementia patients. Physical activity, while beneficial for increasing the components of health and fitness in general populations, may not be dementia friendly. Dance seems to be more suited as a physical activity form for dementia patients providing specific benefits including cerebrovascular enhancement. The usefulness of dance in relation to the physiological, psychological, and societal benefits for dementia patients’ needs serious consideration as a future complementary/alternative physical therapy intervention.","PeriodicalId":32633,"journal":{"name":"Physical Activity and Health","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70695740","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
May Fiani, Antoine Dutilloy, Matthieu Ariza, Veronica Hulot, M. Gignon
{"title":"Effects of a Therapeutic Patient Education Network on the Glycated Hemoglobin and Body Mass Index in 59 Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A Retrospective Study from 2013 to 2018","authors":"May Fiani, Antoine Dutilloy, Matthieu Ariza, Veronica Hulot, M. Gignon","doi":"10.5334/paah.130","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/paah.130","url":null,"abstract":"can An education was created of the Aisne region of France. With hindsight, what has been the impact of a TPE network like this one? Objectives: The main objective of the study was to assess the effects of unstable type 2 diabetic (T2DM) patients’ participation in the activities of an education network on body mass index (BMI) and glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c). These patients were monitored from January 2013 to June 2018. The secondary objective was to determine the impact of adapted physical activity sessions (APA) and of TPE on the two selected clinic-biological parameters. Methods: A retrospective, quantitative, and monocentric, observational study was performed with analysis of the evolution of HbA1c and BMI of T2DM patients. They were monitored for more than six months in the network between 2013 and 2018, using the Logireso® database. Statistical analysis was performed using SPSS® software. BMI and HbA1c were analyzed by Student›s T test for paired samples. A linear regression test was performed to assess whether there is a correlation between two variables among those measured. Results: Fifty-nine patients met the inclusion criteria (20.92% of participants in the network). The decreases in BMI (–1.65 kg/m²) and HbA1c (–0.86%) of the patients studied were significant (p < 0.001). This change was even more drastic for patients with higher initial values of BMI and HbA1c (result for the highest bracket). However, the study did not link APA or TPE sessions to changes in BMI or HbA1c. Conclusion: The study showed the overall effectiveness of the proposed program in reducing BMI and HbA1c without highlighting a single factor that could explain it. evaluated made it possible to meet the objective to evaluate the effects of the network on the BMI and HbA1c of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus monitored from January 2013 to June 2018. This study showed that an improvement in BMI measurements (–1.65 kg/m²) and HbA1c (–0.86%) was found in 59 patients with unbalanced type 2 diabetes at the end of an educational course including patient therapeutic education sessions and adapted physical activities. Only 59 patients were included in the analysis over a period spanning five and a half years, mainly due to a lack of data collected despite the request for supplements from the two laboratories and general practitioners of the city. The number of subjects studied in this research is relatively small compared to the prevalence of diabetes in the general population. It is thus legitimate to wonder whether the presence of insignificant results is a consequence of a possible lack of power in the study. Only the drop in HbA1c could be correlated statistically with participation in the network. This is probably secondary to multiple factors that could not be differentiated in this study (new treatment for exemple). The results obtained were similar to those found in the literature (Deakin et al., 2005; Trento et al., 2004).","PeriodicalId":32633,"journal":{"name":"Physical Activity and Health","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70695215","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Correction: Psychological Distress and Physical-Activity Levels among People Consulting a Healthy Life Centre for Lifestyle Change","authors":"Cille H. Sevild, S. Dyrstad, Lars Edvin Bru","doi":"10.5334/paah.84","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/paah.84","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":32633,"journal":{"name":"Physical Activity and Health","volume":"15 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70697438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Prevalence of Lower Extremity Injuries in Running and Associated Risk Factors: A Systematic Review","authors":"J. Dempster, F. Dutheil, U. Ugbolue","doi":"10.5334/paah.109","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.5334/paah.109","url":null,"abstract":"Jade Dempster1, Frédéric Dutheil2 and Ukadike Chris Ugbolue1 1 School of Health and Life Sciences, Institute for Clinical Exercise and Health Science, University of the West of Scotland, South Lanarkshire, G72 0LH, Scotland, UK 2 CNRS, LaPSCo, Physiological and Psychosocial Stress, University Hospital of Clermont-Ferrand, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Preventive and Occupational Medicine, WittyFit, Université Clermont Auvergne, 63000 Clermont-Ferrand, FR Corresponding author: Ukadike Chris Ugbolue, PhD (u.ugbolue@uws.ac.uk)","PeriodicalId":32633,"journal":{"name":"Physical Activity and Health","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70695503","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}