Physical Activity Assessment in Children and Adolescents

Physical activity, exercise, and physical fitness: definitions and distinctions for health-related research.

1985 • 8,319 citations

Physical activity and public health. A recommendation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American College of Sports Medicine

1995 • 7,196 citations

Physical Activity and Health: A Report of the Surgeon General

1995 • 5,036 citations

Physical Activity and Public Health

1995 • 4,192 citations

The level and tempo of children???s physical activities: an observational study

1995 • 951 citations

A method to assess energy expenditure in children and adults

1983 • 908 citations

Seven-day recall and other physical activity self-reports in children and adolescents

1993 • 786 citations

Validity of the computer science and applications (CSA) activity monitor in children

1998 • 768 citations

Validation of the Physical Activity Questionnaire for Older Children

1997 • 697 citations

Energy expenditure by doubly labeled water: validation in humans and proposed calculation

1986 • 679 citations

Validity of heart rate, pedometry, and accelerometry for predicting the energy cost of children’s activities

1998 • 659 citations

Assessment of physical activity in epidemiologic research: problems and prospects.

1985 • 603 citations

Heart Rate and Exercise Intensity During Sports Activities

1988 • 549 citations

Accuracy of five electronic pedometers for measuring distance walked

1996 • 541 citations

SOFIT: System for Observing Fitness Instruction Time

1992 • 478 citations

Coronary heart disease risk factors in school children: The Muscatine study

1975 • 461 citations

Validation of interviewer- and self- administered physical activity checklists for fifth grade students

1996 • 429 citations

Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Children. The Early Natural History of Atherosclerosis and Essential Hypertension.

1980 • 427 citations

Persistence of Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Clustering Related to Syndrome X From Childhood to Young Adulthood

1994 • 414 citations

Validation of an instrument for measurement of physical activity in youth

1997 • 388 citations

Self‐Report Measures of Children's Physical Activity

1991 • 386 citations

The use of heart rate monitoring in the estimation of energy expenditure: a validation study using indirect whole-body calorimetry

1989 • 309 citations

Daily energy expenditure in free-living children: comparison of heart-rate monitoring with the doubly labeled water (2H218O) method

1992 • 292 citations

Physical activity assessment with accelerometers

1999 • 291 citations

The stability of children??s physical activity as measured by accelerometry and self-report

1995 • 284 citations

Physical Activity Assessment Using a Pedometer and Its Comparison with a Questionnaire in a Large Population Survey

1995 • 258 citations

Patterns of physical activity among 11 to 16 year old British children.

1990 • 254 citations

Simultaneous measurement of free-living energy expenditure by the doubly labeled water method and heart-rate monitoring

1990 • 240 citations

BEACHES: AN OBSERVATIONAL SYSTEM FOR ASSESSING CHILDREN'S EATING AND PHYSICAL ACTIVITY BEHAVIORS AND ASSOCIATED EVENTS

1991 • 218 citations

Childhood Obesity: Future Directions and Research Priorities

1998 • 213 citations

Children's Activity Rating Scale (CARS): Description and Calibration

1990 • 213 citations

The Development of Self-Administered Physical Activity Surveys for 4th Grade Students

1993 • 211 citations

The Caltrac accelerometer as a physical activity monitor for school-age children

1990 • 209 citations

A 7-day activity diary for assessment of daily energy expenditure validated by the doubly labelled water method in adolescents

1997 • 198 citations

Changes in Physical Activity Beliefs and Behaviors of Boys and Girls Across the Transition to Junior High School

1998 • 172 citations

Reliability and Validity of Self Report of Aerobic Activity: Family Health Project

1984 • 158 citations

Physical activity related energy expenditure and fat mass in young children

1997 • 157 citations

Five-day comparison of the doubly labeled water method with respiratory gas exchange

1984 • 155 citations

Children's Frequency of Participation in Moderate to Vigorous Physical Activities

1990 • 143 citations

Physical activity patterns determined by heart rate monitoring in 6???7 year-old children

1981 • 135 citations

Validation of Doubly Labeled Water for Assessing Energy Expenditure in Infants

1987 • 128 citations

Validation of an Electronic Pedometer for Measurement of Physical Activity in Children

1999 • 125 citations

Physical activity in the prevention and treatment of obesity and its comorbidities

1999 • 122 citations

Validation of Sofit for Measuring Physical Activity of First- to Eighth-Grade Students

1997 • 122 citations

Heart rate monitoring of physical activity in children and adolescents: the Muscatine Study.

1992 • 117 citations

Physical activity and health-related fitness in youth: amultivariate analysis

1998 • 113 citations

Using the Computer Science and Applications (CSA) Activity Monitor in Preschool Children

1999 • 107 citations

The Measurement of Physical Activity in Young Children

1990 • 104 citations

Health-Related Physical Fitness In Childhood: Status And Recommendations

1988 • 103 citations

Calorimetric validation of the doubly-labelled water method for determination of energy expenditure in man.

1984 • 102 citations

Validity of the Previous Day Physical Activity Recall (PDPAR) in Fifth-Grade Children

1999 • 100 citations

Validation of a simple mechanical accelerometer (pedometer) for the estimation of walking activity

1987 • 95 citations

Observational Measures of Children's Physical Activity

1991 • 93 citations

Comparison of heart rate monitoring combined with indirect calorimetry and the doubly labelled water (2H2 18O) method for the measurement of energy expenditure in children

1992 • 92 citations

Physical Activity of 6-Year-Old Children: Validation of Two Proxy Reports

1998 • 91 citations

A VALIDATION OF TWO MOTION SENSORS IN THE PREDICTION OF CHILD AND ADULT PHYSICAL ACTIVITY LEVELS

1985 • 85 citations

The Impact of Physical Activity on Lipids, Lipoproteins, and Blood Pressure in Preadolescent Girls

1996 • 82 citations

Total energy expenditure in 4- to 6-yr-old children

1993 • 81 citations

Validity of Heart Rate, Pedometry, and Accelerometry for Estimating the Energy Cost of Activity in Hong Kong Chinese Boys

1999 • 79 citations

Electronic Motion Sensors and Heart Rate as Measures of Physical Activity in Children

1991 • 79 citations

Validity of the Observation of Children's Physical Activity

1989 • 77 citations

The assessment of children's physical activity: a comparison of methods.

1987 • 77 citations

Energy expenditure in children predicted from heart rate and activity calibrated against respiration calorimetry

1998 • 76 citations

Sweat gland response to exercise in the heat among pre-, mid-, and late-pubertal boys

1992 • 75 citations

The FATS: an observational system for assessing physical activity in children and associated parent behavior

1984 • 75 citations

Physical activity related energy expenditure in children by doubly labeled water as compared with the Caltrac accelerometer

1998 • 74 citations

Caltrac versus calorimeter determination of 24-h energy expenditure in female children and adolescents

1994 • 70 citations

Observed vs. Recalled Exercise Behavior: A Validation of a Seven Day Exercise Recall for Boys 11 to 13 Years Old

1985 • 68 citations

The Relations of Mechanically Recorded Activity Level to Varieties of Preschool Play Behavior

1973 • 65 citations

The use of pedometer and actometer in studying daily physical activity in man. Part II: Validity of pedometer and actometer measuring the daily physical activity

1977 • 63 citations

The Physical Activity of Singapore Primary School Children as Estimated by Heart Rate Monitoring

1995 • 63 citations

Daily energy expenditure in free-living conditions in obese and non-obese children: comparison of doubly labelled water (2H2(18)O) method and heart-rate monitoring.

1995 • 62 citations

Wherein lies the truth? Assessment of agreement between parent proxy and child respondents

1997 • 61 citations

Validity of the Physical Activity Interview and Caltrac With Preadolescent Children

1994 • 58 citations

Heart rate monitoring to assess energy expenditure in children with reduced physical activity

1996 • 58 citations

Physical Activity with Moderate to Vigorous Intensity in Preschool and First-Grade Schoolchildren

1997 • 58 citations

Comparison of a computerized physical activity recall with a triaxial motion sensor in middle-school youth

1998 • 54 citations

The Validity of the Tritrac-R3D Activity Monitor for the Assessment of Physical Activity: II. Temporal Relationships among Objective Assessments

1998 • 51 citations

The Relations of Mechanically Recorded Activity Level to Varieties of Preschool Play Behavior

1973 • 51 citations

Influence of proxy respondents in children's health interview surveys

1999 • 48 citations

Heart rate recording method validated by whole body indirect calorimetry in 10-yr-old children

1996 • 43 citations

Physical fitness in children: a survey method based on parental report.

1988 • 39 citations

Prevalence of selected cardiovascular and cancer risk factors in a pediatric population: The “Know Your Body” project, New York

1981 • 39 citations

Comparison of Three Methods of Estimating Energy Expenditure: Caltrac, Heart Rate, and Video Analysis

1989 • 34 citations

The habitual activity and physical fitness of 12 year old boys.

1974 • 33 citations

Validation of the Caltrac Movement Sensor Using Direct Observation in Young Children

1990 • 30 citations

Levels of Physical Activity, Physical Fitness and their Relationship in the Northern Ireland Health and Activity Survey

1998 • 18 citations

MINI-LOGGER® Reliability and Validity for Estimating Energy Expenditure and Heart Rate in Adolescents

1999 • 15 citations

A Behavioral Observation System for Free Play Activity in Young Overweight Female Children

1984 • 14 citations

Physical Activity Related Energy Expenditure in Children by Doubly Labeled Water as Compared with the Caltrac Accelerometer

1997 • 9 citations

Use of Heart Rate Cutpoints to Assess Physical Activity Intensity in Sixth-Grade Girls

2000 • 7 citations