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Does Controlling for Biological Maturity Improve Physical Activity Tracking?
Author(s) -
Marta Erlandson,
Lauren B. Sherar,
Amber D. Mosewich,
Kent C. Kowalski,
D. A. Bailey,
Adam BaxterJones
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
medicine and science in sports and exercise
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.703
H-Index - 224
eISSN - 1530-0315
pISSN - 0195-9131
DOI - 10.1249/mss.0b013e3181ffee8a
Subject(s) - tracking (education) , physical activity , demography , maturity (psychological) , intraclass correlation , affect (linguistics) , confidence interval , medicine , psychology , physical therapy , developmental psychology , psychometrics , pedagogy , communication , sociology
Tracking of physical activity through childhood and adolescence tends to be low. Variation in the timing of biological maturation within youth of the same chronological age (CA) might affect participation in physical activity and may partially explain the low tracking.

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