Accelerometer-Determined Physical Activity among Elementary School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Taiwan

Autor/inn/en	Pan, Chien-Yu; Tsai, Chia-Liang; Hsieh, Kai-Wen; Chu, Chia-Hua; Li, Ya-Lin; Huang, Shih-Tse
Titel	Accelerometer-Determined Physical Activity among Elementary School-Aged Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Taiwan
Quelle	In: Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 5 (2011) 3, S.1042-1052 (11 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1750-9467
DOI	10.1016/j.rasd.2010.11.010
Schlagwörter	Physical Activities; Leisure Time; Autism; Foreign Countries; Measurement Equipment; Physical Activity Level; Elementary School Students; Pervasive Developmental Disorders; Age Differences; Recess Breaks; Taiwan + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Freizeit; Autismus; Ausland; Messinstrument; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Aktive Pause
Abstract	To examine age-related physical activity (PA) patterns between- and within-day in elementary school-aged children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). PA was recorded every 5-s by uniaxial accelerometry in 35 children (grades 1-2, n = 13; grades 3-4, n = 13; grades 5-6, n = 9) for up to five weekdays and two weekend days. Younger children were more active during weekend days compared with weekdays, while the opposite was observed in older children. Age variation also exists in children's PA levels within a weekday, with this effect being most evident during recess and after school. Weekend days and free time within school days seem appropriate targets when promoting PA in older children with ASD. (Contains 1 figure and 5 tables.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10