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The Amount of Light to Vigorous Physical Activity (Met’s-Hours/Day) in Children with and without Down Syndrome Attending Elementary School in Japan

Children with Down syndrome (DS) have physical characteristics such as hypotonus of the musculature. Therefore, their attainment rate of physical activity guidelines is low, and guidelines alone may not be sufficient in assessing the amount of physical activity in children with DS. Compared with nor...

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Autores principales: Yamanaka, Erika, Inayama, Takayo, Okazaki, Kanzo, Nakada, Tsubasa, Kojima, Michio, Kita, Ichiro, Ohkawara, Kazunori
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9859599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36674048
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021293
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author Yamanaka, Erika
Inayama, Takayo
Okazaki, Kanzo
Nakada, Tsubasa
Kojima, Michio
Kita, Ichiro
Ohkawara, Kazunori
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Inayama, Takayo
Okazaki, Kanzo
Nakada, Tsubasa
Kojima, Michio
Kita, Ichiro
Ohkawara, Kazunori
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description Children with Down syndrome (DS) have physical characteristics such as hypotonus of the musculature. Therefore, their attainment rate of physical activity guidelines is low, and guidelines alone may not be sufficient in assessing the amount of physical activity in children with DS. Compared with normal children (NC) of the same grade, light physical activity (LPA) must be considered while assessing physical activity of children with DS, owing to muscle hypotonia. This study included 69 children with DS and 68 NC in grades 4–6 attending elementary school in Japan. The measurements for physical characteristics included age, height, weight, and body mass index. Physical activity was measured using a triaxial accelerometer, which indicated physical activity volume. Children with DS had less moderate-to-vigorous physical activity duration (DS: 53.1 min/day, NC: 65.0 min/day; p < 0.001) but significantly longer LPA duration (DS: 376.4 min/day, NC: 287.7 min/day; p < 0.001) than NC. Conversely, the amount of light to vigorous physical activity (Met’s-hours/day) was greater in children with DS (DS: 16.0 Met’s-hours/day, NC: 14.4 Met’s-hours/day; p = 0.037). In children with DS with muscular hypotonia, vigorous physical activity is challenging, but LPA is feasible. Developing and validating educational programs that promote physical activity with intensity level depending on individual’s physical characteristic are warranted.
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spelling pubmed-98595992023-01-21 The Amount of Light to Vigorous Physical Activity (Met’s-Hours/Day) in Children with and without Down Syndrome Attending Elementary School in Japan Yamanaka, Erika Inayama, Takayo Okazaki, Kanzo Nakada, Tsubasa Kojima, Michio Kita, Ichiro Ohkawara, Kazunori Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Children with Down syndrome (DS) have physical characteristics such as hypotonus of the musculature. Therefore, their attainment rate of physical activity guidelines is low, and guidelines alone may not be sufficient in assessing the amount of physical activity in children with DS. Compared with normal children (NC) of the same grade, light physical activity (LPA) must be considered while assessing physical activity of children with DS, owing to muscle hypotonia. This study included 69 children with DS and 68 NC in grades 4–6 attending elementary school in Japan. The measurements for physical characteristics included age, height, weight, and body mass index. Physical activity was measured using a triaxial accelerometer, which indicated physical activity volume. Children with DS had less moderate-to-vigorous physical activity duration (DS: 53.1 min/day, NC: 65.0 min/day; p < 0.001) but significantly longer LPA duration (DS: 376.4 min/day, NC: 287.7 min/day; p < 0.001) than NC. Conversely, the amount of light to vigorous physical activity (Met’s-hours/day) was greater in children with DS (DS: 16.0 Met’s-hours/day, NC: 14.4 Met’s-hours/day; p = 0.037). In children with DS with muscular hypotonia, vigorous physical activity is challenging, but LPA is feasible. Developing and validating educational programs that promote physical activity with intensity level depending on individual’s physical characteristic are warranted. MDPI 2023-01-11 /pmc/articles/PMC9859599/ /pubmed/36674048 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021293 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Yamanaka, Erika
Inayama, Takayo
Okazaki, Kanzo
Nakada, Tsubasa
Kojima, Michio
Kita, Ichiro
Ohkawara, Kazunori
The Amount of Light to Vigorous Physical Activity (Met’s-Hours/Day) in Children with and without Down Syndrome Attending Elementary School in Japan
title The Amount of Light to Vigorous Physical Activity (Met’s-Hours/Day) in Children with and without Down Syndrome Attending Elementary School in Japan
title_full The Amount of Light to Vigorous Physical Activity (Met’s-Hours/Day) in Children with and without Down Syndrome Attending Elementary School in Japan
title_fullStr The Amount of Light to Vigorous Physical Activity (Met’s-Hours/Day) in Children with and without Down Syndrome Attending Elementary School in Japan
title_full_unstemmed The Amount of Light to Vigorous Physical Activity (Met’s-Hours/Day) in Children with and without Down Syndrome Attending Elementary School in Japan
title_short The Amount of Light to Vigorous Physical Activity (Met’s-Hours/Day) in Children with and without Down Syndrome Attending Elementary School in Japan
title_sort amount of light to vigorous physical activity (met’s-hours/day) in children with and without down syndrome attending elementary school in japan
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9859599/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36674048
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20021293
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