Associations between physical activity and health-related fitness. Volume versus pattern.

Autor/inn/en	Knaeps, Sara; Bourgois, Jan G.; Charlier, Ruben; Mertens, Evelien; Lefevre, Johan
Titel	Associations between physical activity and health-related fitness. Volume versus pattern. Gefälligkeitsübersetzung: Zusammenhänge zwischen körperlicher Aktivität und gesundheitsbezogener Fitness. Umfang vs. Inhalt.
Quelle	In: Journal of sports sciences, 35 (2017) 6, S. 539-546 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0264-0414; 1466-447X
DOI	10.1080/02640414.2016.1178393
Schlagwörter	Vergleichsuntersuchung; Gesundheit; Gesundheitserziehung; Sportwissenschaft; Fitness; Analyse; Sitzen; Aktivität; Bewegungsverhalten; Gesundheitsförderung; Aktivität; Gesundheit; Gesundheitserziehung; Gesundheitsförderung; Sitzen; Bewegungsverhalten; Fitness; Sportwissenschaft; Analyse
Abstract	Approximately 3.2 million people die of non-communicable diseases (NCD) each year due to insufficient physical activity. Physical activity guidelines are possibly perceived as too demanding and might thus pose a barrier. We addressed the question if a more stable physical activity pattern is associated with higher levels of health-related fitness than one with high and low intensities, regardless of the physical activity level (PAL). Physical activity was objectively measured in 296 men and women (53.7 ± 8.94 years) with the SenseWear Pro Armband®. Using this data, the PAL and a Gini index were calculated to report the physical activity pattern. Health-related fitness was expressed as a fitness index. PAL was weakly correlated to health-related fitness (r = 0.38, P ( .0001). The Gini index was also weakly correlated to the fitness index (r = 0.23, P ( .0001). Results of the ANCOVA showed that participants in the first quartile of PAL always scored significantly lower for health-related fitness than participants in quartile four, after adjustment for the Gini index. These results suggest that as long as the volume of physical activity is high, health-related fitness will be high as well, independent of the physical activity pattern or variability in intensities throughout the day. (Autor).
Erfasst von	Bundesinstitut für Sportwissenschaft, Bonn
Update	2017/2