EXERGAMES IN ADOLESCENTS: ASSOCIATED FACTORS AND POSSIBLE REDUCTION IN SEDENTARY TIME

Autor: Iazana Garcia Custódio, Adriano Akira Ferreira Hino, Cristiano Copetti Rodriguez, Edina Maria de Camargo, Rodrigo Siqueira Reis
Jazyk: English<br />Spanish; Castilian<br />Portuguese
Rok vydání: 2019
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Zdroj: Revista Paulista de Pediatria, Vol 37, Iss 4, Pp 442-449 (2019)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1984-0462
DOI: 10.1590/1984-0462/;2019;37;4;00019
Popis: ABSTRACT Objective: To describe the use of exergames, associated factors and to quantify the time attributed to the use of exergames within the time spent on video games in a sample of adolescents from Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil. Methods: This was a cross-sectional study that evaluated frequency and weekly volume of physical activities using the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Adolescents. Weekly frequency and daily time of use of exergames and videogames were self-reported. Mann-Whitney and Kruskal Wallis tests were used to compare the time spent playing exergames, and Poisson regression was used to test the associations (p
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