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Exploring the world of active play: A comprehensive review of global surveillance and monitoring of active play based on the global matrix data [PDF]

Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness
A valid assessment tool that measures active play is not yet available due to the sporadic and spontaneous nature of play, as well as the potential differences in how active play is understood and measured across different age groups, cultures, and ...
Eun-Young Lee, An-Chi Shih, Mark S. Tremblay   +2 more
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One-Year Handgrip Strength Change in Kindergarteners Depends upon Physical Activity Status

Life, 2023
Free play in kindergarten can be roughly divided into fine and gross motor activities, but the effects of these activities on improving handgrip strength are unknown. Therefore, we aimed to compare one-year changes in handgrip strength and forearm flexor
Akemi Abe, Rika Sanui, Jeremy P. Loenneke, Takashi Abe   +3 more
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Playing with active matter

American Journal of Physics, 2023
In the past 20 years, active matter has been a very successful research field, bridging the fundamental physics of nonequilibrium thermodynamics with applications in robotics, biology, and medicine. Active particles, contrary to Brownian particles, can harness energy to generate complex motions and emerging behaviors. Most active-matter experiments are
Balda, Angelo Barona, Argun, Aykut, Callegari, Agnese, Volpe, Giovanni   +3 more
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How to Change Young Children’s Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior: Mechanisms of Behavior Change in the INFANT Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial

Children, 2021
Background: Understanding the mechanisms (mediators) of behavior change is crucial to designing more effective interventions. However, this is rarely reported.
Kylie D. Hesketh, Konsita Kuswara, Gavin Abbott, Jo Salmon, Jill A. Hnatiuk, Karen J. Campbell   +5 more
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Cognitive Testing of Items Measuring Movement Behaviours in Young Children Aged Zero to Five Years: Development of the Movement Behaviour Questionnaires for -Baby (MBQ-B) and -Child (MBQ-C)

Children, 2023
This paper describes the cognitive interview phase of the development of two brief surveys, the Movement Behaviour Questionnaire-Baby (MBQ-B) and Movement Behaviour Questionnaire-Child (MBQ-C), which measure the duration of physical activity, screen time,
Rebecca Byrne, Caroline O. Terranova, Li Kheng Chai, Denise S. K. Brookes, Stewart G. Trost   +4 more
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Nowhere to Go: Parents' Descriptions of Children's Physical Activity During a Global Pandemic

Frontiers in Public Health, 2021
Background: Schools and outdoor public spaces play a substantial role in children's physical activity. Yet, the COVID-19 shelter-in-place mandates bound many children to their available home spaces for learning, movement, and development.
Deanna Perez, Janelle K. Thalken, Nzubechukwu E. Ughelu, Camilla J. Knight, William V. Massey   +4 more
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Effect of exertion on blink reflex parameters in Division I football athletes

Cogent Engineering, 2023
Blink reflex assessment has been suggested as a potential marker for sport-related concussions (SRCs) screening. However, exertion level is known to affect the blink reflex, which may affect the clinical utility of sideline screening and post-concussion ...
Dena P. Garner, Patrick D. Sparks, Haley M. Chizuk, Mohammad N. Haider   +3 more
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Brain activity in chess playing [PDF]

Nature, 1994
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NICHELLI P, GRAFMAN J, PIETRINI, PIETRO, ALWAY D, CARTON JC, MILETICH R.   +5 more
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Results from the Australian 2022 Report Card on physical activity for children and young people

Journal of Exercise Science & Fitness, 2023
Background/Objective: Past Physical Activity Report Cards have indicated a minority of Australian children and young people are sufficiently active. The purpose of this paper is to summarise grades across 10 indicators of the 2022 Australian Physical ...
Kylie D. Hesketh, Verity Booth, Verity Cleland, Sjaan R. Gomersall, Tim Olds, Lindsey Reece, Nicola D. Ridgers, Leon Straker, Michalis Stylianou, Grant R. Tomkinson, David Lubans   +10 more
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Children's autonomous mobility and their well-being

Wellbeing, Space and Society, 2023
The notion of children's independent mobility is often used to help to understand how much freedom children have in their neighbourhoods, but it does not provide evidence on how autonomous and in control they are over their actions.
Holly Weir
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