title: Children's physical activity levels during indoor recess dance videos.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Children's physical activity (PA) levels remain low, and schools are being asked to assume a leadership role in PA promotion. Research suggests outdoor recess contributes to children's overall PA levels. However, similar research is not available for indoor recess, which occurs frequently due to a variety of factors. The purpose of this study was to describe PA levels and intensity during indoor recess using PA dance videos.
  
  
  METHODS
  Fifty-four children (27 girls) wore accelerometers for 5 days during indoor recess. Factorial analyses of variance were conducted to examine the differences in PA between sexes and across grades.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Participants averaged 17.66 (SD = 2.82) minutes in indoor recess. On average, 22.22% (SD = 12.72) was spent in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA), and 45.70% (SD = 11.29) of time was spent in low-intensity physical activity (LPA) totaling 67.92% (SD = 16.54) of total recess time. Boys accumulated a higher percentage of MVPA and total PA compared to girls.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Students engaged in PA 68% of indoor recess time, equaling almost 12 minutes of PA during recess. Results suggest PA dance videos are 1 effective method for increasing elementary children's PA during indoor recess as an alternative to sedentary activities.
authors.affiliation: Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, University of Kentucky, College of Education, 115 Seaton Bldg., Lexington, KY 40506-0219, USA. heather.erwin@uky.edu
authors.forename: Heather
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Erwin
authors.forename: Ryann
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Koufoudakis
authors.forename: Aaron
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beighle
mesh_terms: D056044:Actigraphy / Q000295:instrumentation; D002648:Child; D003615:Dancing; D015444:Exercise; D005163:Factor Analysis, Statistical; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012574:Schools; D015144:Southeastern United States; D014741:Video Recording