Motor Development and Physical Activity: A Longitudinal Discordant Twin-Pair Study
Aaltonen, S., Latvala, A., Rose, R. J., Pulkkinen, L., Kujala, U., Kaprio, J., & Silventoinen, K. (2015). Motor Development and Physical Activity: A Longitudinal Discordant Twin-Pair Study. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 47(10), 2111-2118. https://doi.org/10.1249/MSS.0000000000000650
Julkaistu sarjassa
Medicine and Science in Sports and ExerciseTekijät
Päivämäärä
2015Tekijänoikeudet
© 2015 American College of Sports Medicine
ntroduction
: Previous longitudinal research suggests that motor proficiency in early life predicts physical activity in adulthood.
Familial effects including genetic and environmental factors could explain the association, but no long-term follow-up studies
have taken into account potential confounding by genetic and social family background. The present twin study investigated whether
childhood motor skill development is associated with leisure-time physical activity levels in adulthood independent of family background.
Methods
: Altogether, 1550 twin pairs from the FinnTwin12 study and 1752 twin pairs from the FinnTwin16 study were included in the
analysis. Childhood motor development was assessed by the parents
_
report of whether one of the co-twins had been ahead of the other in
different indicators of motor skill development in childhood. Leisure-time physical activity (MET
I
h
I
d
j
1
) was self-reported by the twins
in young adulthood and adulthood. Statistical analyses included conditional and ordinary linear regression models within twin
pairs.
Results
: Using all activity-discordant twin pairs, the within-pair difference in a sum score of motor development in childhood
predicted the within-pair difference in the leisure-time physical activity level in young adulthood (
P
G
0.001). Within specific motor
development indicators, learning to stand unaided earlier in infancy predicted higher leisure-time MET values in young adulthood
statistically significantly in both samples (FinnTwin12,
P
= 0.02; and FinnTwin16,
P
= 0.001) and also in the pooled data set of the
FinnTwin12 and FinnTwin16 studies (
P
G
0.001). Having been more agile than the co-twin as a child predicted higher leisure-time MET
values up to adulthood (
P
=0.03).
Conclusions
: More advanced childhood motor development is associated with higher leisure-time MET
values in young adulthood at least partly independent of family background in both men and women.
...
Julkaisija
Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; American College of Sports MedicineISSN Hae Julkaisufoorumista
0195-9131Asiasanat
Julkaisu tutkimustietojärjestelmässä
https://converis.jyu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/24886933
Metadata
Näytä kaikki kuvailutiedotKokoelmat
Lisenssi
Samankaltainen aineisto
Näytetään aineistoja, joilla on samankaltainen nimeke tai asiasanat.
-
Physical activity in adolescence as a predictor of alcohol and illicit drug use in early adulthood: A longitudinal population-based twin study.
Korhonen, Tellervo; Kujala, Urho; Rose, Richard; Kaprio, Jaakko (2009)We investigated prospectively whether physical activity level in adolescence predicts use of alcohol and illicit drugs in early adulthood. We studied 4,240 individual twins (1,870 twin pairs). We classified those who ... -
Differences in muscle and adipose tissue gene expression and cardio-metabolic risk factors in the members of physical activity discordant twin pairs.
Leskinen, Tuija; Rinnankoski, Rita; Rintala, Mirva; Seppänen-Laakso, Tuulikki; Laakkonen, Eija; Alén, Markku; Sipilä, Sarianna; Kaprio, Jaakko; Kovanen, Vuokko; Rahkila, Paavo; Oresic, Matej; Kainulainen, Heikki; Kujala, Urho (Public Library of Science, 2010)High physical activity/aerobic fitness predicts low morbidity and mortality. Our aim was to identify the most up-regulated gene sets related to long-term physical activity vs. inactivity in skeletal muscle and adipose ... -
Longitudinal associations of physical activity and pubertal development with academic achievement in adolescents
Haapala, Eero A.; Haapala, Henna L.; Syväoja, Heidi; Tammelin, Tuija H.; Finni, Taija; Kiuru, Noona (Shanghai University of Sport, 2020)Objective. To investigate the longitudinal associations of moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) and pubertal development with academic achievement in adolescents. Methods. A total of 635 adolescents (283 boys, ... -
Impact of a multimodal exercise program on tibial bone health in adolescents with Development Coordination Disorder : an examination of feasibility and potential efficacy
Tan, Jocelyn L.; Siafarikas, Aris; Rantalainen, Timo; Hart, Nicolas H.; McIntyre, Fleur; Hands, Beth; Chivers, Paola (Hylonome, 2020)Objectives: Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) compromises bone health purportedly due to lower levels of physical activity. The potential of an exercise intervention to improve bone health parameters in adolescents ... -
Precision exercise medicine : predicting unfavourable status and development in the 20-m shuttle run test performance in adolescence with machine learning
Joensuu, Laura; Rautiainen, Ilkka; Äyrämö, Sami; Syväoja, Heidi J; Kauppi, Jukka-Pekka; Kujala, Urho M; Tammelin, Tuija H (BMJ Publishing Group, 2021)Objectives: To assess the ability to predict individual unfavourable future status and development in the 20m shuttle run test (20MSRT) during adolescence with machine learning (random forest (RF) classifier). Methods: ...
Ellei toisin mainittu, julkisesti saatavilla olevia JYX-metatietoja (poislukien tiivistelmät) saa vapaasti uudelleenkäyttää CC0-lisenssillä.