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Lifelong Sedentary Behaviour and Femur Structure

open access: yesInternational Journal of Sports Medicine, 2011
The aim of the present study was to analyze the lifelong differences of femur structure in sedentary and physically active animal models. Thirty male C57BL/6 mice, 2 months old, were either: i) housed in cages with running wheel (AA; n=10), ii) housed in cages without running wheel (AS; n=10), iii) or sacrificed without intervention (Y; n=10).
Fonseca, Hélder   +4 more
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Associations between sedentary behaviour and physical activity in children and adolescents: a meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Physical activity and sedentary behaviour are associated with metabolic and mental health during childhood and adolescence. Understanding the inter-relationships between these behaviours will help to inform intervention design. This systematic review and
Atkin, A J   +4 more
core   +1 more source

Physical Activity and Workplace Sedentary Behaviour [PDF]

open access: yesPhysiotherapy Canada, 2012
Sedentary behaviour, or too much sitting, is increasingly recognized as a serious contributor to poor health outcomes.1,2 Research evidence is rapidly emerging on the contributing role of our increasingly sedentary lifestyle on morbidity3 and mortality.1 Growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, I looked forward to an environment filled with automation. There
openaire   +2 more sources

Sedentary behaviour interventions in young people: A meta-analysis [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Background: There is increasing concern about the time young people spend in sedentary behaviour ('sitting time'), especially with the development of attractive home-based electronic entertainment. This may have deleterious health effects.
Biddle, Stuart   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Sedentary behaviour among elderly patients after total knee arthroplasty and its influencing factors

open access: yesScientific Reports
To understand the status of sedentary behaviour in elderly patients after total knee arthroplasty and analyse its influencing factors so as to provide a reference for developing targeted interventions.
Xuan Ni   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Associations between sleep duration, sedentary time, physical activity, and health indicators among Canadian children and youth using compositional analyses [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationships between movement behaviours (sleep duration, sedentary time, physical activity) and health indicators in a representative sample of children and youth using compositional analyses.
Carson, Valerie   +3 more
core   +1 more source

Modulatory effect of sedentary behaviour on obesity and chronic low back pain: a cross-sectional study using data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

open access: yesBMJ Open
Objective To explore whether sedentary behaviour could modulate the association between overweight or obesity and chronic low back pain (CLBP).Design A retrospective cross-sectional study.Setting and participants A total of 4289 participants in the US ...
Cheng Yang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sedentary behaviour, visceral fat accumulation and cardiometabolic risk in adults: a 6-year longitudinal study from the Quebec Family Study.

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
BackgroundSedentary behaviour has recently emerged as a unique risk factor for chronic disease morbidity and mortality. One factor that may explain this relationship is visceral adiposity, which is prospectively associated with increased cardiometabolic ...
Travis J Saunders   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Children’s sedentary behaviour: descriptive epidemiology and associations with objectively-measured sedentary time [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Background: Little is known regarding the patterning and socio-demographic distribution of multiple sedentary behaviours in children. The aims of this study were to: 1) describe the leisure-time sedentary behaviour of 9-10 year old British children, and ...
A Nilsson   +40 more
core   +2 more sources

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