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Step-Count Guidelines Referenced On 60-Minutes Of Moderate/Vigorous Physical Activity

Document Type

Article

Keywords

Exercise guidelines, Physical activity assessment, Step-count cutoff, Surveillance

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Motriz. Revista de Educacao Fisica

Volume

21

Issue

1

First Page

92

Last Page

99

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to establish step-count guidelines for sixth-grade students and assess the ability of step-counts to discriminate between students achieving and not achieving 60-minutes of moderate to vigorous physical activity daily. 201 sixth-grade students completed the study. They wore a pedometer and an accelerometer at the waist level for one full day. ROC curves were used to establish step-count guidelines and determine the diagnostic accuracy of step-counts. Sixth grade students need 12,118 steps/day to reach adequate daily levels of physical activity. The AUC indicated good diagnostic accuracy of step-counts. Suggested step-count guidelines can be a useful tool for identifying children who need to increase their daily levels of physical activity. The step-count cutoff proposed in this study is adequate for discriminating between sixth grade students reaching and not reaching recommended levels of physical activity.

Department

Department of Kinesiology

Original Publication Date

1-1-2015

DOI of published version

10.1590/S1980-65742015000100012

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