RT journal article
T1 Prospective Associations of Physical Activity and Health-Related Physical Fitness in Adolescents with Down Syndrome: The UP&DOWN Longitudinal Study
A1 Suarez-Villadat, Borja
A1 Villagra, Ariel
A1 Veiga, Oscar L.
A1 Cabanas Sanchez, Veronica
A1 Izquierdo Gómez, Rocío
A1 UP&DOWN Study Group
A2 Didáctica de la Educación FísicaPlástica y Musical
K1 physical fitness
K1 longitudinal study
K1 accelerometer-based PA
K1 Down syndrome
AB (1) Background: Numerous studies have focused on examining the association between PA levels and health-related physical fitness components in children or adolescents without disabilities. However, research on the association between PA and health-related physical fitness in adolescents with DS (Down syndrome) is limited, and most of the previous studies have been developed with a cross-sectional perspective. Therefore, the aim of the present study was to assess the prospective association of accelerometer-based PA at baseline with health-related physical fitness at a 2-year follow-up in a relatively large sample of adolescents with DS from the UP&DOWN study. (2) Methods: A total of 92 adolescents with DS (58 males) between 11 and 20 years old with full data were eligible from an initial sample of 110 participants. Fitness was assessed by the ALPHA health-related fitness test battery for youth, and physical activity was assessed by Actigraph accelerometers. (3) Results: The high tertile of total PA was related to decreased motor (Beta [95% CI] = -1.46 [-2.88; -0.05]) and cardiorespiratory fitness (Beta [95% CI] = -2.22 [-4.42; 0.02]) in adolescents with DS. (4) Conclusions: In adolescents with DS, (i) PA level was not prospectively associated with muscular fitness and (ii) high levels of total PA at the baseline were inversely associated with motor and cardiorespiratory fitness at the 2-year follow-up. For comparative purposes, these relationships were also examined in a subsample of adolescents without DS.
PB MDPI
SN 1660-4601
YR 2021
FD 2021-06
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25302
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/25302
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 12-nov-2026