TY - JOUR A1 - Roth, Kristina A1 - Mauer, Sonja A1 - Obinger, Matthias A1 - Ruf, Katharina C. A1 - Graf, Christine A1 - Kriemler, Susi A1 - Lenz, Dorothea A1 - Lehmacher, Walter A1 - Hebestreit, Helge T1 - Prevention through Activity in Kindergarten Trial (PAKT): A cluster randomised controlled trial to assess the effects of an activity intervention in preschool children N2 - Background: Physical activity and motor skills acquisition are of high importance for health-related prevention and a normal development in childhood. However, few intervention studies exist in preschool children focussing on an increase in physical activity and motor skills. Proof of positive effects is available but not consistent. Methods/Design: The design, curriculum, and evaluation strategy of a cluster randomised intervention study in preschool children are described in this manuscript. In the Prevention through Activity in Kindergarten Trial (PAKT), 41 of 131 kindergartens of Wuerzburg and Kitzingen, Germany, were randomised into an intervention and a control group by a random number table stratified for the location of the kindergarten in an urban (more than 20.000 inhabitants) or rural area. The aims of the intervention were to increase physical activity and motor skills in the participating children, and to reduce health risk factors as well as media use. The intervention was designed to involve children, parents and teachers, and lasted one academic year. It contained daily 30-min sessions of physical education in kindergarten based on a holistic pedagogic approach termed the “early psychomotor education”. The sessions were instructed by kindergarten teachers under regular supervision by the research team. Parents were actively involved by physical activity homework cards. The kindergarten teachers were trained in workshops and during the supervision. Assessments were performed at baseline, 3-5 months into the intervention, at the end of the intervention and 2-4 months after the intervention. The primary outcomes of the study are increases in physical activity (accelerometry) and in motor skills performance (composite score of obstacle course, standing long jump, balancing on one foot, jumping sidewise to and fro) between baseline and the two assessments during the intervention. Secondary outcomes include decreases in body adiposity (BMI, skin folds), media use (questionnaire), blood pressure, number of accidents and infections (questionnaire), increases in specific motor skills (throwing, balancing, complex motor performance, jumping) and in flexibility. Discussion: If this trial proofs the effectiveness of the multilevel kindergarten based physical activity intervention on preschooler’s activity levels and motor skills, the programme will be distributed nationwide in Germany. Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00623844 KW - Vorschulkind KW - Kindergarten KW - preschool children KW - activity Y1 - 2010 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-67972 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Hebestreit, Helge A1 - Schmid, Kerstin A1 - Kieser, Stephanie A1 - Junge, Sibylle A1 - Ballmann, Manfred A1 - Roth, Kristina A1 - Hebestreit, Alexandra A1 - Schenk, Thomas A1 - Schindler, Christian A1 - Posselt, Hans-Georg A1 - Kriemler, Susi T1 - Quality of life is associated with physical activity and fitness in cystic fibrosis N2 - Background Health-related and disease-specific quality of life (HRQoL) has been increasingly valued as relevant clinical parameter in cystic fibrosis (CF) clinical care and clinical trials. HRQoL measures should assess – among other domains – daily functioning from a patient’s perspective. However, validation studies for the most frequently used HRQoL questionnaire in CF, the Cystic Fibrosis Questionnaire (CFQ), have not included measures of physical activity or fitness. The objective of this study was, therefore, to determine the cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between HRQoL, physical activity and fitness in patients with CF. Methods Baseline (n = 76) and 6-month follow-up data (n = 70) from patients with CF (age ≥12 years, FEV1 ≥35%) were analysed. Patients participated in two multi-centre exercise intervention studies with identical assessment methodology. Outcome variables included HRQoL (German revised multi-dimensional disease-specific CFQ (CFQ-R)), body composition, pulmonary function, physical activity, short-term muscle power, and aerobic fitness by peak oxygen uptake and aerobic power. Results Peak oxygen uptake was positively related to 7 of 13 HRQoL scales cross-sectionally (r = 0.30-0.46). Muscle power (r = 0.25-0.32) and peak aerobic power (r = 0.24-0.35) were positively related to 4 scales each, and reported physical activity to 1 scale (r = 0.29). Changes in HRQoL-scores were directly and significantly related to changes in reported activity (r = 0.35-0.39), peak aerobic power (r = 0.31-0.34), and peak oxygen uptake (r = 0.26-0.37) in 3 scales each. Established associates of HRQoL such as FEV1 or body mass index correlated positively with fewer scales (all 0.24 < r < 0.55). Conclusions HRQoL was associated with physical fitness, especially aerobic fitness, and to a lesser extent with reported physical activity. These findings underline the importance of physical fitness for HRQoL in CF and provide an additional rationale for exercise testing in this population. KW - Exercise testing KW - Oxygen uptake KW - Longitudinal analysis KW - Accelerometry KW - Questionnaire Y1 - 2014 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-110508 ER - TY - THES A1 - Roth, Kristina T1 - Zur Ausprägung von Gesundheitsmerkmalen und Determinanten des Sporterlebens im vereinsorganisierten Freizeit- und Gesundheitssport : Profil- und Strukturanalysen zu Aktiven des Fitness-, Präventions- und Rehabilitationssports in ausgewählten Groß- und Kleinvereinen T1 - For the destinction of health criteria and determinants of sport experiences in club organized recreational and health sport . Profile and structural analysis of the activities in fitness, prevention and rehabilitation sports as performed in selected large and small sport clubs N2 - Der Gesundheitssport hat sich in den vergangenen Jahrzehnten als feste Säule im organisierten Sport etabliert. Erkenntnisse aus der Vereinsforschung, der Erforschung des Gesundheitsverhaltens und der Wechselwirkung von Sport und Gesundheit sowie Modellvorstellungen von Gesundheit und Krankheit werden zur Konzeption und Optimierung von Sportprogrammen herangezogen. Die vorliegende epidemiologische Studie arbeitet anhand einer Re-Analyse von 1752 Datensätzen aktiver Vereins-Gesundheitssportler aus dem Wettbewerb "Der Gesundheitsclub im Sportverein" zentrale Befunde zur Gesundheit, dem Gesundheitserleben und -verhalten sowie dem Sport(vereins)erleben heraus, um im Vergleich der Geschlechts- und Altersgruppen die Zielgruppe deskriptiv zu bestimmen. In einem zweiten Analyseschritt wird geprüft, wie sich Aktive im fitnessorientierten, präventiven und rehabilitativen Sport in ihrer Wahrnehmung unterscheiden. Dabei zeigt es sich, dass eine stärkere gesundheitliche Belastung der weiblichen und jüngeren Sportler mit einer ungünstigen Gesundheitswahrnehmung dieser Teilpopulationen einhergeht. Fitnesssportler dokumentieren sich hier als am geringsten belastet, was sie im Gegenzug zu einem vergleichsweise risikoreichen Gesundheitsverhalten zu verleiten scheint. Insgesamt attestiert sich die Sportlerstichprobe ein geringes Raucherpotential, jedoch einen mit dem Alter steigenden Anteil an Übergewichtigen bei einem grundsätzlich ausgeprägtem Schutzverhalten, dokumentiert durch das Ernährungs- und Bewegungsverhalten. Kognitive Gesundheitsressourcen als ein Faktor verhaltensunterstützender Elemente werden insgesamt in der Stichprobe sehr gering kommuniziert, vor allem im Bereich des Handlungswissens, und diese scheinen generell krankheitsspezifisch generiert zu sein. Eine fundierte soziale Integration in das Netz des Sportvereins erreichen offensichtlich am ehesten die weiblichen Aktiven, während Männer aufgrund der Suche nach sozialer Anbindung die Sportaktivität aufnehmen. Fitnesssportler zeigen sich hier am stärksten eingebunden, während die Rehabilitanten die geringste soziale Integration dokumentieren, gleichwohl sie diese am stärksten im Verein suchen. In quantitativer Hinsicht zeigen sich Frauen sportlich aktiver als Männer bzw. Fitness- und Präventionssportler aktiver als Rehabilitationssportler. In die Befunde lassen sich die Erkenntnisse zur Motivationslage der Sportler einbinden, nachdem Fitnessaktive an einer Intensivierung der sozialen Kontakte, Präventionssportler an den kompensatorischen Leistungen der sportlichen Aktivität und Rehabilitanten an einer therapeutischen Zielsetzung orientiert sind. Als Fazit lässt sich eine konsequente Abstimmung der (Vereins)Sportangebote auf die Selbstwahrnehmung, Motive und Bedürfnisse der Sportler fordern, um eine ganzheitliche Gesundheitsförderung ermöglichen zu können. Diese Abstimmung muss jedoch in Abhängigkeit der Möglichkeiten und des Potentials des jeweiligen Sportvereins erfolgen. N2 - Fitness sport for health reasons has established itself as a solid part of organized sport over the past few decades. Findings resulting from club analysis, research into health behavior and the interaction between sport and health, as well as model representations of health and diseases are all to be taken into account when considering concepts and for the optimizing of sport programs. The discussed epidemiological study presented is based on a re-analysis of data from 1752 showing recordings of active sport club members in health sports with regard to the contest “Der Gesundheitsclub im Sportverein” with the central results relating to health, health experiences and behavior, as well as the findings from sport and club experiences. The aim of this being to compare the gender and age groups in order to subsequently be able to descriptively determine the target groups. A further analysis was performed to determine the different perceptions active sportspersons make in relation to fitness orientation, prevention and rehabilitation. This study has furthermore shown that, due to a negative perception of health, an increased strain on health within the female and younger sports sector shows correlations in this section of the study population. Fitness sport persons are documented here as being least strained which subsequently appears to mislead them into a high-risk counter-productive health relationship. Altogether, the randomly monitored study group revealed a low smoking potential. It did, however, show a correlation between increasing age and increased over-weight through fundamental destructively protective behavior, documented through nutritional and exercise behavior. Cognitive health resources as a factor for behavior supporting elements were, in general, rarely reported within the study group, especially in the region of active knowledge and, therefore, appears to be disease-specific generated. A fundamental social integration within the organization of sport clubs seems to be achieved at best by the female active members, where as the men appear to take up sport activities due to their search for social commitments. Fitness sportspersons are shown here is be at most integrated, whilst the rehabilitates are documented as having the lowest form of social contact, although their search for exactly this within a club is the strongest. In relation to a quantitive point-of-view, females appear to be more sport active than men and, furthermore, sportspersons active in fitness and prevention are more active than rehabilitation sportspersons. The findings regarding the state of motivation in the sportsperson can be classified in the results after: active members have been orientated towards more intense social contact, prevention sportspersons have been orientated to compensatory achievement of sport activities and rehabilitate members directed to a therapeutic objective. As conclusion, a consequently coordination of sports offered by the clubs directed to the self-perception, motivation and requirements of the sportspersons has to be present in order to offer an all-round health challenge. This coordination has to follow in conjunction with the possibilities and the potential of the individual sport club. KW - Gesundheitssport KW - Vereinssport KW - Gesundheitsverhalten KW - Freizeitsport KW - Gesundheitssport KW - Freizeitsport KW - Vereinssport KW - Gesundheitsverhalten KW - health sport KW - fitness sport KW - club sport KW - health behavior Y1 - 2004 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-15290 ER - TY - JOUR A1 - Ruf, Katharina A1 - Beer, Meinrad A1 - Köstler, Herbert A1 - Weng, Andreas Max A1 - Neubauer, Henning A1 - Klein, Alexander A1 - Platek, Kathleen A1 - Roth, Kristina A1 - Beneke, Ralph A1 - Hebestreit, Helge T1 - Size-adjusted muscle power and muscle metabolism in patients with cystic fibrosis are equal to healthy controls – a case control study JF - BMC Pulmonary Medicine N2 - Background Skeletal muscle function dysfunction has been reported in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). Studies so far showed inconclusive data whether reduced exercise capacity is related to intrinsic muscle dysfunction in CF. Methods Twenty patients with CF and 23 age-matched controls completed an incremental cardiopulmonary cycling test. Further, a Wingate anaerobic test to assess muscle power was performed. In addition, all participants completed an incremental knee-extension test with 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy to assess muscle metabolism (inorganic phosphate (Pi) and phosphocreatinine (PCr) as well as intracellular pH). In the MRI, muscle cross-sectional area of the M. quadriceps (qCSA) was also measured. A subgroup of 15 participants (5 CF, 10 control) additionally completed a continuous high-intensity, high-frequency knee-extension exercise task during 31P magnetic resonance spectroscopy to assess muscle metabolism. Results Patients with CF showed a reduced exercise capacity in the incremental cardiopulmonary cycling test (VO2peak: CF 77.8 ± 16.2%predicted (36.5 ± 7.4 ml/qCSA/min), control 100.6 ± 18.8%predicted (49.1 ± 11.4 ml/qCSA/min); p < 0.001), and deficits in anaerobic capacity reflected by the Wingate test (peak power: CF 537 ± 180 W, control 727 ± 186 W; mean power: CF 378 ± 127 W, control 486 ± 126 W; power drop CF 12 ± 5 W, control 8 ± 4 W. all: p < 0.001). In the knee-extension task, patients with CF achieved a significantly lower workload (p < 0.05). However, in a linear model analysing maximal work load of the incremental knee-extension task and results of the Wingate test, respectively, only muscle size and height, but not disease status (CF or not) contributed to explaining variance. In line with this finding, no differences were found in muscle metabolism reflected by intracellular pH and the ratio of Pi/PCr at submaximal stages and peak exercise measured through MRI spectroscopy. Conclusions The lower absolute muscle power in patients with CF compared to controls is exclusively explained by the reduced muscle size in this study. No evidence was found for an intrinsic skeletal muscle dysfunction due to primary alterations of muscle metabolism. KW - Cystic fibrosis KW - Exercise capacity KW - MRI spectroscopy KW - Muscle power KW - Phosphorylation KW - Lung disease, KW - Muscle function Y1 - 2019 U6 - http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn:nbn:de:bvb:20-opus-200981 VL - 19 ER -