Muddying the waters: Moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity calculation in epidemiologic studies of youth

Routen, A.C.

Abstract

Martikainen et al examined an interesting and under-researched issue—the association between physical activity and psychiatric difficulties in prepubertal children.1 The authors concluded that both higher daily activity volume and moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity (MVPA) are associated with reduced odds of social, emotional, and behavioral problems.1 However, for the benefit of future readers, it should be noted that these results may be biased by the choice of MVPA cut-points used to reduce this accelerometer-measured data.

Citation

Routen, A. (2013). Muddying the waters: Moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity calculation in epidemiologic studies of youth. Journal of Pediatrics, 162(5), https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.01.017

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Publication Date: 2013-05
• Deposit Date: Feb 8, 2013
• Publicly Available Date: Feb 7, 2014
• Journal: Journal of Pediatrics
• Print ISSN: 0022-3476
• Publisher: Elsevier
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 162
• Issue: 5
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.01.017
• Public URL: https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/1468587