Villa-González Emilio, Ruiz Jonatan R, Chillón Palma
Department of Physical Culture, School of Health Sciences, National University of Chimborazo, Avda. Antonio José de Sucre, Km. 1 1/2 vía a Guano, 060150 Riobamba, Ecuador.
Profith "PROmoting FITness and Health through physical activity" Research Group, Department of Physical Education and Sport, School of Sport Science, University of Granada, Spain Ctra. Alfacar, s/n, 18011 Granada, Spain.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2015 Aug 26;12(9):10362-73. doi: 10.3390/ijerph120910362.
Active commuting (walking or cycling) to school has been positively associated with improved fitness among adolescents. However, current evidence lacks information on whether this association persists in children. The aim of this study was to examine the association of active commuting to school with different fitness parameters in Spanish school-aged children. A total of 494 children (229 girls) from five primary schools in Granada and Jaén (Spain), aged between eight and 11 years, participated in this cross-sectional study. Participants completed the Assessing Levels of Physical Activity (ALPHA) fitness test battery and answered a self-reported questionnaire regarding the weekly travel mode to school. Active commuting to school was significantly associated with higher levels of speed-agility in boys (p = 0.048) and muscle strength of the lower body muscular fitness in girls (p = 0.016). However, there were no significant associations between active commuting to school and cardiorespiratory fitness and upper body muscular fitness. Our findings suggest that active commuting to school was associated with higher levels of both speed-agility and lower body muscular fitness in boys and girls, respectively. Future studies should confirm whether increasing active commuting to school increases speed-agility and muscle strength of the lower body.
积极步行或骑车上学与青少年身体素质的改善呈正相关。然而，目前的证据缺乏关于这种关联在儿童中是否持续存在的信息。本研究的目的是探讨西班牙学龄儿童积极步行或骑车上学与不同身体素质参数之间的关联。来自西班牙格拉纳达和哈恩五所小学的494名儿童（229名女孩），年龄在8至11岁之间，参与了这项横断面研究。参与者完成了身体活动水平评估（ALPHA）体能测试，并回答了一份关于每周上学出行方式的自我报告问卷。积极步行或骑车上学与男孩的速度敏捷性水平较高显著相关（p = 0.048），与女孩下半身肌肉力量的体能显著相关（p = 0.016）。然而，积极步行或骑车上学与心肺功能和上半身肌肉力量之间没有显著关联。我们的研究结果表明，积极步行或骑车上学分别与男孩和女孩较高的速度敏捷性水平和下半身肌肉力量相关。未来的研究应证实增加积极步行或骑车上学是否能提高速度敏捷性和下半身肌肉力量。
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