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Weekly physical activity patterns of university students : are athletes more active than non‑athletes?
| dc.contributor.author | Manuel Clemente, Filipe | |
| dc.contributor.author | Nikolaidis, Pantelis Theodoros | |
| dc.contributor.author | M. L. Martins, Fernando | |
| dc.contributor.author | Mendes, Rui | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-27T10:08:12Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-09-27T10:08:12Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The aim of the present study was to compare weekly physical activity (PA) and obesity-related markers in athlete and non-athlete university students. One hundred and twenty-six university students (53 males, 20.46 ± 2.04 years old, and 73 females, 19.69 ± 1.32 years old) participated in this study. Participants were fitted with a tri-axial accelerometer (ActiGraph wGT3X-BT, Shalimar, FL, USA) to assess the daily PA. Anthropometric measures of height, weight, BMI and %fat mass were determined with a stadiometer and an electronic scale. The comparison indicated that male and female athletes had a significant lower percentage of body fat than did non-athletes (p value = 0.001; ES = 0.043). Athletes spent significantly more time in light PA than did non-athletes (p value = 0.003; ES = 0.024). Female athletes spent significantly less time in sedentary mode than did non-athletes (p value = 0.040; ES = 0.008). On the other hand, female athletes spent significantly more time in light PA (p value = 0.003; ES = 0.017) and vigorous PA (p value = 0.001; ES = 0.086) than did non-athletes. Despite some statistical differences with minimal effect size, the results of this study suggested proximity between PA levels of athletes and non-athletes, mainly in the case of sedentary behaviour. No significant effects were found in the variances of PA tested in this study. | pt_PT |
| dc.description.version | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s40064-016-3508-3 | pt_PT |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10400.26/46788 | |
| dc.language.iso | eng | pt_PT |
| dc.publisher | Springer Open | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Physical activity | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Accelerometer | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Athletes | pt_PT |
| dc.subject | Young adults | pt_PT |
| dc.title | Weekly physical activity patterns of university students : are athletes more active than non‑athletes? | pt_PT |
| dc.type | journal article | |
| dspace.entity.type | Publication | |
| oaire.citation.conferencePlace | [Berlim] | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.endPage | 7 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.startPage | 1 | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.title | Springer Plus | pt_PT |
| oaire.citation.volume | 5 | pt_PT |
| person.familyName | Clemente | |
| person.familyName | Martins | |
| person.familyName | Mendes | |
| person.givenName | Filipe Manuel | |
| person.givenName | Fernando Manuel Lourenço | |
| person.givenName | Rui | |
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| person.identifier.orcid | 0000-0002-2433-5193 | |
| person.identifier.rid | G-2625-2012 | |
| person.identifier.rid | AAK-6934-2020 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 57217191490 | |
| person.identifier.scopus-author-id | 54881476100 | |
| rcaap.rights | openAccess | pt_PT |
| rcaap.type | article | pt_PT |
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