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

Routen, A.C.

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A.C. Routen



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 Mar 29, 2024
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

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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in Journal of pediatrics. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in Journal of pediatrics, 162, 5, 2013, 10.1016/j.jpeds.2013.01.017




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