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Effects of a classroom-based program on physical activity and on-task behaviorMatthew T Mahar
Activity Promotion Laboratory, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 38:2086-94. 2006..This study evaluated the effects of a classroom-based physical activity program on children's in-school physical activity levels and on-task behavior during academic instruction...
Estimation of aerobic fitness from 20-m multistage shuttle run test performanceMatthew T Mahar
Activity Promotion Laboratory, Department of Kinesiology, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA
Am J Prev Med 41:S117-23. 2011..Aerobic fitness (VO(2)max) is a key component of youth fitness testing. Criterion-referenced (CR) assessments are used in FITNESSGRAM(®) to assess health risk...
A randomized controlled trial of continuous activity, short bouts, and a 10,000 step guideline in inactive adultsTiana Y Samuels
Department of Exercise and Sport Science, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
Prev Med 52:120-5. 2011..Although several studies have examined the effect of accumulated bouts on health outcomes, the impact of recommending short bouts on activity-related behavior in health promotion efforts has received minimal investigation...
Energy expenditure of obese, overweight, and normal weight females during lifestyle physical activitiesJennifer L Aull
Department of Exercise and Sport Science, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
Int J Pediatr Obes 3:177-85. 2008..To quantify energy expenditure of various lifestyle physical activities of obese, overweight, and normal-weight girls...
Impact of short bouts of physical activity on attention-to-task in elementary school childrenMatthew T Mahar
Activity Promotion Laboratory, Department of Exercise and Sport Science, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
Prev Med 52:S60-4. 2011....
Multitrait-multimethod investigation of a novel body image measurement techniqueDavid A Rowe
Department of Exercise and Sport Science, Activity Promotion Laboratory, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27858, USA
Res Q Exerc Sport 76:407-15. 2005..DIM, therefore, represents a realistic, valid alternative to figure-rating scales for measuring self-ideal discrepancy...
Investigating the youth physical activity promotion model: internal structure and external validity evidence for a potential measurement modelDavid A Rowe
Dept of Sport, Culture, and the Arts, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
Pediatr Exerc Sci 19:420-35. 2007..The current study provides good internal validity evidence and acceptable external validity evidence for a brief set of questionnaire items to investigate the theoretical basis for the YPAP model...
Daily walking in older adults: day-to-day variability and criterion-referenced validity of total daily step countsDavid A Rowe
Department of Sport, Culture and the Arts, University of Strathclyde Jordanhill Campus, 76 Southbrae Drive, Glasgow, UK
J Phys Act Health 4:434-46. 2007..To determine the day-to-day variability of older adults' physical activity, and to evaluate the accuracy of the 10,000-step goal for classifying whether older adults obtain 30 minutes of MVPA...
Walking and measurementDavid R Bassett
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:S529-36. 2008....
