Organized Sports and Physical Activities as Sole Influencers of Fitness: The Homeschool Population

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dc.citation.articleNumber13en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber1en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleJournal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiologyen_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber4en_US
dc.contributor.authorKabiri, Laura S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorRodriguez, Augusto X.en_US
dc.contributor.authorPerkins-Ball, Amanda M.en_US
dc.contributor.authorDiep, Cassandra S.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-12-11T15:44:18Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-12-11T15:44:18Zen_US
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.description.abstractHomeschool children may rely solely on organized sports and physical activities to achieve recommended levels of physical activity and fitness. The purpose of this study was to investigate differences in fitness levels between homeschool children who did, and did not, participate in organized sports or physical activities, and then examine relationships between hours per week in sports or physical activities and cardiorespiratory fitness as measured by portions of the FitnessGram® test battery. Organized sports/physical activity participation information was gathered on 100 children ages 10–17 years who completed tests of upper, abdominal, and cardiorespiratory fitness. The current investigation revealed that participation alone was not associated with higher levels of physical fitness as assessed by the 90° push-up test or curl-up test nor was time in participation related to cardiorespiratory fitness as assessed by the Progressive Aerobic Capacity Endurance Run (PACER). These activities alone may be insufficient for meeting physical activity recommendations and improving physical fitness. Therefore, children and adolescents educated at home may need additional opportunities to participate in unstructured daily physical activity.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKabiri, Laura S., Rodriguez, Augusto X., Perkins-Ball, Amanda M., et al.. "Organized Sports and Physical Activities as Sole Influencers of Fitness: The Homeschool Population." <i>Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology,</i> 4, no. 1 (2019) MDPI: https://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk4010013.en_US
dc.identifier.digitaljfmk-04-00013en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/jfmk4010013en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/107845en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rightsThis is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly citeden_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subject.keywordsporten_US
dc.subject.keywordconditioningen_US
dc.subject.keywordphysical activityen_US
dc.subject.keywordchildrenen_US
dc.subject.keywordadolescentsen_US
dc.titleOrganized Sports and Physical Activities as Sole Influencers of Fitness: The Homeschool Populationen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
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