Korean J Community Nutr.  2017 Dec;22(6):529-542. 10.5720/kjcn.2017.22.6.529.

Comparison of Physical Activity Level, Physical Activity Pattern and Energy Expenditure in Male and Female Elementary School Soccer Players using Accelerometer and Physical Activity Diary

• An HS
• Choi SJ
• Lee MR
• Lee JS
• Kim EK

• KMID: 2401314
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5720/kjcn.2017.22.6.529

Abstract

OBJECTIVES
The purpose of this study was to compare the physical activity level (PAL), the physical activity pattern and the energy expenditure in male and female elementary school soccer players using the accelerometer and the physical activity diary.
METHODS
Twenty-five (male 11, female 14) elementary school soccer players (9-12 years) participated in this study. During their daily activities, they wore an accelerometer for seven days (five weekdays and two weekend days) and completed the physical activity diary for three days (two weekdays and one weekend day). PAL was calculated by using the physical activity diary and three equations (Pate Preschool, Freedson Children, and Freedson) were used to calculate the intensity of physical activity and energy expenditure from the counts of accelerometer.
RESULTS
The average of physical activity by day of the week, CPM (Counts Per Minute) and METs (Metabolic Equivalents) were significantly higher in males (723.3 ± 149.2 CPM, 2.07 ± 0.18 METs) compared to females (505.6 ± 119.9 CPM, 1.79 ± 0.20 METs), but there was no significant difference in PAEE (Physical Activity Energy Expenditure) between the two groups (males: 15.5 ± 9.1 kcal/day, females: 11.5 ± 6.0 kcal/day). During weekdays, physical activity intensity was significantly higher in males compared to females at lunch time and training time than at other times. In both genders, the PAL was higher during weekdays (males 1.98, females 1.89) compared to weekend (males 1.62, females 1.61) (p<0.05).
CONCLUSIONS
Our study observations suggest the necessity to develop an accelerometer equation for accurately evaluating the physical activity of elementary school athletes.

Keyword

physical activity; accelerometer; elementary school children; soccer players

MeSH Terms

Athletes
Child
Energy Metabolism*
Female*
Humans
Lunch
Male*
Motor Activity*
Soccer*

Figure

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  Fig. 1 Daily (7:00–24:00 h) physical activity patterns of males and females, weekday and weekend using accelerometer. *: p<0.05, **: p<0.01, ***: p<0.001 Significantly different between males and females by Mann-Whitney U test

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