Department of Sport and Health Sciences, Athlone Institute of Technology, N37HD68, Ireland.
J Sports Sci Med. 2020 Nov 19;19(4):652-661. eCollection 2020 Dec.
The primary aim of this study was to describe the contribution of Gaelic football participation to youth physical activity (PA) levels. Secondary aims were to objectively quantify the overall daily PA levels of participants across sex and age, to determine the PA levels achieved during Gaelic football practice sessions and games, and to compare PA levels on days with organized sporting activity (sports days) and days without organized sporting activity (non-sports days). One hundred and sixty adolescents (87 male, 73 female; mean age 14.5 ± 1.8 yrs.) wore an activPAL accelerometer to determine total sitting/lying time, standing time, light intensity physical activity (LIPA), moderate physical activity (MPA), vigorous physical activity (VPA) and moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) during a seven day measurement period, including during Gaelic football participation. Participants achieved an average of 58.5 ± 23.6 minutes of MVPA daily. Males accumulated significantly more MVPA daily than females (Males=70.8±22.1 min; Females = 45.5 ± 16.5 min; p < 0.001; η² = 0.401) and time spent in MVPA daily significantly decreased with age (p < 0.001; η² = 0.299). Participants accumulated significantly more MVPA during games (36.0 ± 9.2 min/hr (60%)) than practice sessions (29.0 ± 8.3 min/hr (48%); p < 0.001; d = 0.80). On sports days, participants accumulated significantly more time in MVPA (Sports Days = 70.1 ± 36.0 min; Non-Sports Days = 54.2 ± 34.0; p < 0.001; d = 0.45) and were 2.16 times more likely to achieve 60 minutes of MVPA (OR = 2.16; 95% CI = 1.60-2.92) than on non-sports days. The results reveal that Gaelic football provides an opportunity for adolescents to accumulate PA, however, participants currently spent more than 50% of their practice time inactive or in low intensity activities. An opportunity remains to enhance the contribution of Gaelic football to overall daily PA levels, by replacing time spent inactive with time in MVPA.
本研究的主要目的是描述盖尔式足球对青少年身体活动（PA）水平的贡献。次要目的是客观地量化参与者在性别和年龄方面的整体日常 PA 水平，确定盖尔式足球练习和比赛期间的 PA 水平，并比较有组织的体育活动日（运动日）和无组织的体育活动日（非运动日）的 PA 水平。160 名青少年（87 名男性，73 名女性；平均年龄 14.5 ± 1.8 岁）佩戴 activPAL 加速度计，以确定七天测量期间的总坐姿/卧床时间、站立时间、低强度体力活动（LIPA）、中强度体力活动（MPA）、高强度体力活动（VPA）和中高强度体力活动（MVPA），包括盖尔式足球活动。参与者平均每天进行 58.5 ± 23.6 分钟的 MVPA。男性每天积累的 MVPA 明显多于女性（男性=70.8±22.1 分钟；女性=45.5 ± 16.5 分钟；p<0.001；η²=0.401），随着年龄的增长，每天的 MVPA 时间显著减少（p<0.001；η²=0.299）。参与者在比赛中积累的 MVPA 明显多于练习（36.0 ± 9.2 min/hr（60%）比练习（29.0 ± 8.3 min/hr（48%）；p<0.001；d=0.80）。在运动日，参与者的 MVPA 时间明显增加（运动日=70.1 ± 36.0 分钟；非运动日=54.2 ± 34.0 分钟；p<0.001；d=0.45），并且比非运动日更有可能达到 60 分钟的 MVPA（OR=2.16；95%CI=1.60-2.92）。结果表明，盖尔式足球为青少年提供了一个积累 PA 的机会，然而，参与者目前在练习时间的 50%以上处于不活跃或低强度活动状态。通过将不活跃时间替换为 MVPA 时间，仍然有机会提高盖尔式足球对日常总 PA 水平的贡献。
