title: No difference in the level of physical activity between children who have or have never sustained a fracture.
abstract: This study investigates whether children with an acute fracture have a different level of physical activity compared to children who have never sustained a fracture, as measured by the Physical Activity Questionnaire for older children (PAQ-C). The PAQ-C scores of 683 children (295 girls) aged 6-12 years (mean age 9.4 years) who presented to our institution with an acute fracture were compared to the PAQ-C scores of 151 random children (81 girls) aged 6-12 years (mean 9.1 years) in the same area who had never sustained a fracture. Multivariate regression analysis was employed, controlling for age and gender. The mean PAQ-C score of the children who presented to the institution with an acute fracture was 2.85 (95% confidence interval [CI], 2.80-2.91). For the children who had never sustained a fracture, the mean PAQ-C score was 2.78 (95% CI, 2.69-2.87). If there is a true difference in the level of physical activity between children who have or have never sustained a fracture, the PAQ-C questionnaire is not sensitive enough to identify it.
authors.affiliation: The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.
authors.forename: P-H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Randsborg
authors.affiliation: The Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Akershus University Hospital, Lørenskog, Norway.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Røtterud
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: Fracture; children; physical activity; risk factor