Self-Reported Physical Activity Level in Student Athletes at Preparticipation Physical Evaluations

Objective: Quantify physical activity in healthy student athletes. Design: Cross-sectional survey. Setting: Five Central Ohio schools during mass preparticipation physicals. Participants: Three hundred sixty-five children between the ages 10 and 18 years. Independent Variables: Days per week of moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA), minutes per day of MVPA, and number of activities. Main Outcome Measures: Minutes per week of MVPA. Results: One hundred eighty high school and 177 middle school subjects responded to the survey. There were 198 male and 162 female respondents. Mean age recorded 14.2 ± 1.7 years. There were no differences in activity volume based on sex. Mean minutes per week of MVPA reported 316.0 ± 231.0. High school subjects reported fewer activities than middle school cohort 2.7 ± 1.2 versus 3.2 ± 1.5 (P

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