Assessment of physical activity with a pedometer and its relationship with VO2max among adolescents in Switzerland
- 1 March 2002
- journal article
- Published by Springer Nature in International Journal of Public Health
- Vol. 47 (2) , 107-115
- https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01318392
Abstract
Objectives: In the absence of a gold standard, the assessment of physical activity in children remains difficult. To record physical activity with a pedometer and to examine to what extent it is correlated with VO2max. Methods: Survey on physical activity and fitness; 233 Swiss adolescents aged 11 to 15 carried a pedometer (Pedoboy®) during seven consecutive days. VO2max was estimated through an endurance shuttle run test. Results: The physical activity recorded by the pedometer did not vary from one day to the other (p>0.05). The physical activity was higher among boys than among girls (pth versus 8th grade; p2max was 0.30 (p0.05). Die physische Aktivität war bei den jungen Männern höher als bei den jungen Frauen (p2max war 0.30 (p0.05). Le niveau d'activité physique est plus élevé chez les garçons que chez les filles (p2max est de 0.30 (p<0.01). Conclusions: Il est possible d'utiliser le pédomètre chez les adolescents pour évaluer l'activité physique sur une durée d'une semaine entière. Les données enregistrées par le pédomètre donnent une mesure objective du niveau d'activité et sont relativement bien corrélées avec la capacité aérobie.Keywords
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