TY - JOUR 
A1 - Izquierdo-Gómez, Rocío
AU - Martínez-Gómez, David
AU - Acha, Aitor
AU - Veiga, Óscar Luis
AU - Villagra, Ariel
AU - Díaz-Cueto, M.
AU - Lucía Mulas, Alejandro
AU - Santiago Dorrego, Catalina
AU - Gómez Gallego, Félix
T1 - Objective assessment of sedentary time and physical activity throughout the week in adolescents with Down syndrome. The UP&DOWN study
Y1 - 2014
SN - 08914222
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11268/2953
AB - This study aimed to examine the patterns of sedentary time and physical activity (PA) throughout the week in adolescents with Down syndrome (DS). The study comprised 109 adolescents with DS (68 males and 41 females) aged 11-20 years, participating in the UP&DOWN study, but only a total of 100 adolescents provided valid data. Sedentary time and total, light, moderate, vigorous, and moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA) were measured by accelerometers. There were no significant differences in the time spent in sedentary time and PA levels between weekdays vs. weekend days, as well as between school time vs. after school-time periods (all p>0.05). Adolescent males engaged in more total PA, moderate PA, vigorous PA and MVPA than females on weekend days (all p<0.05). Differences between age groups showed that sedentary time increases and PA decreases with advancing age in all analyses, so that the oldest groups were more sedentary and less active (all p<0.05). Only 43% of adolescents with DS met the PA recommendations of ≥60min/day of MVPA. Our findings show valuable information to be considered in future interventions aiming to decrease sedentary time and increase PA levels in adolescents with DS.
KW - Accelerometers
KW - Adolescent
KW - Down syndrome
KW - Physical activity
KW - Sedentary behaviour
KW - Discapacitados - Educación física
KW - Educación especial
LA - eng
ER -