Physical ac i i y and spa ial use du ing
school b eak imes in child en aged ou
Rome o-Ramos, O1., Fe nandez-Rog iguez, E1., Me ino-Ma bán, R1., Gonzalez Campos, G.2.,
1Uni e sidad,de,Malaga,,Spain.,E5mail:,o ome [email protected]
2Uni e sidad,de,Se illa,,Spain
Pu pose.Analyze quan i y o physical ac i i y and use o space du ing school b eak imes acco ding o gende ,
in ou -yea -old pupils.
Me hods.119 pupils pa icipa ed in he s udy, wi h amean age o 4yea s (65 boys aged 3.9±0.81 yea s and 54
gi ls aged 4.05±0.75 yea s).To assess physical ac i i y du ing school b eak ime, Yamax Digiwalke SW-200
(YDSW200)pedome e s we e used and he beha iou al mapping was pe o med using adi ec obse a ion o m
Resul s.Mos o he ime, he pupils ended o mo e in an unde ined manne h ough zone 10 (mul izone),
eco ding a o al equency o 1,034 en ies and 517 minu es in his ca ego y.A e his, he zones wi h he g ea es
equency and usage by ou in an s a e zone 8 (846 ins ances and 423 minu es) and 9 (594 ins ances and 297
minu es).This endency owa ds con inuous mo emen and mul izone use, as well as he use o zone 8and 9can
also be obse ed in he a e; a e being unde s ood as he a e age numbe o occu ences o each ca ego y pe
uni o ime
Conclusions.In ou esul s, he e a e no signi ican di e ences
be ween gende and beha iou al ca ego y DA, o he
numbe o s eps comple ed du ing b eak ime (65.69±24.98
s eps pe minu e in boys and 62.1±30.23 s eps pe minu e in
gi ls).
The dominan beha iou al ca ego y is Dynamic Ac i i y (DA),
which equa es o 54%o school b eak ime.This means ha o
sligh ly mo e han hal he ime, pupils a e engaging in
ac i i ies ha in ol e physical s imuli, wi h he emaining ime
dis ibu ed be ween he o he ca ego ies, which a e less
in e es ing om he poin o iew o heal h habi s and physical
ac i i y.We belie e i would be in e es ing o inc ease his
physical p ac ice ime du ing b eaks, as away o comba ing
seden a y li es yles in childhood, and high le els o
o e weigh ness.
POSTER SESSION Physical
ac i i y in child en and
adolescen s Panel label:B8
Abs ac ID: 168
15 h –17 h No embe
2017, Zag eb, C oa ia
Figu e. Selec ion equencies o
each zone acco ding o gende
In he case o he ou beha iou al ca ego ies assembled, he ca ego y wi h he highes equency is
DA (2,571 ins ances and 1285.5 minu es’ du a ion), ollowed by SA (1,313 ins ances and 656.5
minu es).The DA ca ego y’s a e is 0.018,while he SA ca ego y has a a e o 0.009.
Figu e. F equency and du a ion in each zone o he
school playg ound
Beha iou *ca ego y*
Dc:*Minu es*du a ion*
uc:*Ra e*
pi:*Rela i e*F equency*
DA#
1285,5#
0,0180345118#
0,5410353535#
SA#
656,5#
0,0092101571#
0,2763047138#
C#
232#
0,0032547699#
0,0976430976#
P#
202#
0,0028338945#
0,085016835#
#
DA: Dynamic ac i i y, SA: S a ic ac i i y, C: Communica ion, P: Passi i y
Table. Desc ip ions o he beha iou ca ego y