Reactivity to Accelerometer Measurement of Children With Visual Impairments and Their Family Members

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Xihe Zhu Old Dominion University

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DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1123/apaq.2019-0040
Keywords:
accelerometry; blindness; parent; physical activity; youth sibling
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Volume 36: Issue 4
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492–500
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The purpose of this study was to examine reactivity to accelerometer measurement in children with visual impairments (VI), their sighted siblings, and their parents. A sample of 66 participants (including 22 children with VI, 22 siblings, and 22 parents) completed a demographic survey and wore triaxial accelerometers for at least 4 consecutive days for 8 hr. An analysis of covariances with repeated measures was conducted, controlling for participant gender. Children with VI had 8.1% less moderate to vigorous physical activity time on Day 1 than Days 2–4 average. Their sighted siblings and parents had 7.8% and 7.1% more moderate to vigorous physical activity time on Day 1 than their Days 2–4 average, respectively. The reactivity percentage for parents and children without VI is consistent with existing literature. However, an inverse reactivity for children with VI was found, which is a unique contribution to the literature and will have implications for researchers using accelerometers for this population.

The authors are with the Dept. of Human Movement Sciences, Darden College of Education and Professional Studies, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.

Zhu (x2zhu@odu.edu) is corresponding author.
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