Physical fitness and body composition in 10-12-year-old Danish children in relation to leisure-time club-based sporting activities

Christina Ørntoft; Malte Nejst Larsen; Mads Madsen; Lene Sandager; Ida Lundager; Andreas Møller; Lone Hansen; Esben Elholm Madsen; Anne-Marie Elbe; Laila Ottesen; Peter Krustrup

doi:10.1155/2018/9807569

Physical fitness and body composition in 10-12-year-old Danish children in relation to leisure-time club-based sporting activities

Christina Ørntoft, Malte Nejst Larsen, Mads Madsen, Lene Sandager, Ida Lundager, Andreas Møller, Lone Hansen, Esben Elholm Madsen, Anne-Marie Elbe, Laila Ottesen, Peter Krustrup

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This study investigated whether the physical fitness and body composition of 10-12-year-old Danish children are related to participation in leisure-time club-based sporting activities. The study involved 544 Danish 10-12-year-old 5th-grade municipal schoolchildren (269 boys and 275 girls, 11.1 ± 0.4 years). After answering a questionnaire about leisure-time sporting activities, the children were divided into four groups: football club participation (FC; n=141), other ball games (OBG; n=42), other sports (OS; n=194), and no sports-club participation (NSC; n=167). The children completed a battery of health and fitness tests, including a 20 m sprint test, a standing long-jump test, the Yo-Yo IR1 children's test (YYIR1C), and body composition, blood pressure, resting heart rate (HRrest), and the flamingo balance test. The children engaged in club-based ball games (FC and OBG) had higher (p<0.05) lean body mass than NSC (FC: 17.5 ± 2.9; OBG: 18.4 ± 2.6; OS: 16.7 ± 2.9; NSC: 16.4 ± 2.8 kg), performed better (p<0.05) in the YYIR1C test (FC: 1083 ± 527; OBG: 968 ± 448; OS: 776 ± 398; NSC: 687 ± 378 m), and had lower (p<0.05) %HRmax after 1, 2, and 3 min of YYIR1C. Moreover, HRrest was lower (p<0.05) for FC than for OS and NSC (FC: 68 ± 9 vs OS: 72 ± 10 and NSC: 75 ± 10 bpm), and lower (p<0.05) for OBG than for NSC (OBG: 70 ± 10 vs NSC: 75 ± 10 bpm). This study found that 10-12-year-old Danish children engaged in club-based football and other ball games had better exercise capacity, lower resting heart rate, and higher muscle mass than children not engaged in leisure-time sports. Thus, participation in club-based leisure-time ball-game activities seems to be of importance for the fitness and health profile of prepubertal children.

Original language	English
Article number	9807569
Journal	BioMed Research International
Volume	2018
Number of pages	8
ISSN	1110-7243
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9807569
Publication status	Published - 2018

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Ørntoft, C., Larsen, M. N., Madsen, M., Sandager, L., Lundager, I., Møller, A., Hansen, L., Madsen, E. E., Elbe, A.-M., Ottesen, L., & Krustrup, P. (2018). Physical fitness and body composition in 10-12-year-old Danish children in relation to leisure-time club-based sporting activities. BioMed Research International, 2018, Article 9807569. https://doi.org/10.1155/2018/9807569

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