Table 2. Activity Protocol.
Activity Type | Activity Trial | Intensity | Description of Activity Trial |
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Resting | Lying down | Sedentary | Lying down awake on a mattress in supine position - arms at sides - rest for 10 min. |
Sitting | TV viewing | Sedentary | Watching a movie in a comfortable chair. Instructed to minimize body movements. |
Handheld e-game | Sedentary | Sitting on a chair at a desk playing an e-game on a handheld device. | |
Writing/coloring | Sedentary | Sitting on a chair at a desk, 5-8 y: coloring on paper using pencils, 9-12 y: copying words on a pad of paper using a pencil. | |
Computer game | Sedentary | Sitting on a chair at a desk playing an educational computer game. | |
Lifestyle | Getting ready for school | Light | Get dressed, set table, pour food, pack up, brush teeth, pack bag, leave for school. |
Standing class activity | Light | Standing activities with minimal movement such as writing/drawing on a white board. | |
Dancing | Light | Following a video with dance step instructions (Zumba® fitness). | |
Tidy up | Moderate | Tidying up a 4x5 m area: pick up clothes, towels, toys and sport equipment and return them into boxes. | |
Basketball | Moderate | Shooting a basketball using a 2.29 m adjustable hoop, chase the ball within a 4.9x4.6 m area and bounce back to the start position at the boundary line apposite from the hoop. | |
Soccer | Vigorous | Kicking a foam soccer ball on a 5 m distance between a 1 m wide goal after dodging between a straight line of 5 cones (1 m apart). Instructed to jog back to start position after kicking the ball. | |
Locomotor course | Vigorous | Continuously completing a course including 4x 2-foot jump, jogging and sliding between cones around a 4x9.5 m area. | |
Ambulatory | Slow walk | Light | Walking slowly at a self-selected comfortable speed around a 45 m indoor track. Examiner regulates constant speed by recording lap times. |
Brisk walk | Moderate | Walking briskly at a self-selected brisk comfortable speed around a 45 m indoor track. Examiner regulates constant speed by recording lap times. | |
Running | Vigorous | Run at a self-selected comfortable speed around a 45 m indoor track. Examiner regulates constant pace by speed lap times. |
All activities are completed for 5 min, except from lying down (10 min)