Contribution of youth sport to total daily physical activity among 6- to 12-yr-old boys

Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1493-1500

  Wickel, Eric E ^a   Eisenmann, Joey C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TULSA   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Accelerometer; Children; Moderate to vigorous physical activity; Physical education; Recess

Indexed keywords

ACCELEROMETER; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BIVARIATE ANALYSIS; CHILD; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HUMAN; JUVENILE; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; SPORT;

ACCELERATION; ANTHROPOMETRY; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERTION; HUMANS; LEISURE ACTIVITIES; MALE; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SCHOOLS; SPORTS;

EID: 34548425987     PISSN: 01959131     EISSN: 15300315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1249/mss.0b013e318093f56a     Document Type: Article

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