"Goldilocks day": identifying the optimal awake movement behaviour composition for predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth.

Background: Most research focuses on the relationship of individual movement behaviours, neglecting how different compositions throughout the day associate with cardiometabolic health outcomes.

Aim: The aim of this study was to explore the optimal awake movement behaviour composition associated with predicted cardiometabolic health outcomes in youth.

Subjects And Methods: The study included participants ( = 1,310 participants; 11.

Associations between 24-hour movement compositions and cardiometabolic health in children and adolescents: a five-part compositional analysis using data from the International Children's Accelerometery Database (ICAD).

Objectives: The benefits of physical activity (PA) and the negative impacts of sedentary time (SED) on health in youth are well established. However, uncertainty remains surrounding how PA and SED jointly influence cardiometabolic risk (CMR) factors. The aim of this study was to determine the joint influence of SED, light-, moderate- and vigorous-intensity PA (LPA, MPA and VPA), and sleep on CMR factors using five-part compositional analyses.

Time-Varying Associations Between Physical Activity and Injury Risk Among Children.

Background: Physical activity has time-varying associations with injury risk among children. While previous activity may predispose to injury through tissue damage, fatigue and insufficient recovery, it may protect against injury by strengthening tissues and improving fitness and skills. It is unclear what the relevant time window and relative importance of past activity are with regard to current injury risk in children.

Preoperative psychological health impacts pain and disability outcomes following anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for cervical radiculopathy.

This study aimed to estimate the effects of preoperative psychological health on postoperative outcomes in patients undergoing surgery for cervical spondylotic radiculopathy. This retrospective cohort study included data from patients enrolled in the Canadian Spine Outcomes and Research Network who underwent anterior cervical discectomy and fusion for radiculopathy. Preoperative psychological health was measured with the Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8), and depression and severe psychological symptomology were measured with the Mental Component Score of the Short Form Survey-12 (MCS).

Knee and hip osteoarthritis increase the risk of cardiovascular disease: A national registry-based longitudinal cohort study.

Objective: Osteoarthritis and cardiovascular disease are major public health challenges. We aimed to estimate the average sex-specific effects of knee and hip osteoarthritis on the risk of cardiovascular disease.

Methods: We used 2001-2015 Danish national health registry data to identify all adults with knee or hip osteoarthritis and an age-, sex-, and education-matched group without osteoarthritis.

Efficacy of Cryoneurolysis on Chronic Pain in Patients with Knee Osteoarthritis: A Double-blinded Randomized Controlled Sham Trial.

Background: The objective was to investigate whether cryoneurolysis was superior to sham in reducing pain intensity in patients with chronic knee osteoarthritis. The hypothesis was that cryoneurolysis is an effective and safe therapy to reduce chronic pain in patients with knee osteoarthritis.

Methods: The study was randomized, double blind, and sham controlled.

Impact of Soft Drink Intake on Bone Development and Risk of Fractures in a Danish Cohort of Schoolchildren.

Background And Aims: Soft drink consumption is suspected to negatively impact bone health in children, but longitudinal evidence is limited. This study assessed the association between soft drink intake and bone health outcomes in Danish schoolchildren aged 7.7-12 years, within a physical activity intervention framework.

Socioeconomic status moderates the effect of physical education on overweight and obesity in children: a quasi-experimental trial.

Unlabelled: This study aimed to estimate the effects of an intensive school-based physical education intervention on the risk of developing overweight or obesity in primary school students when accounting for the moderating role of socioeconomic status. This quasi-experimental trial included data from primary school students participating in an intensive physical education program comprising 4.5 h of weekly physical activity compared to 1.

Scientific Integrity and Transparency in Academic Writing: The Foundation of Credible Science.

In the academic community, discussions and debates are a natural and vital part of the research process [...

Lipid levels in a cohort of healthy Danish schoolchildren ages 5 to 17 years.

It is internationally recognized to use clinical decision limits (CDL) when interpreting the lipid levels in both adults and children, even though the evidence for children is scarce. The purpose of this study is to describe how lipid levels progress in healthy Danish children ages 5 to 17 years. This study is based on the Childhood Health, Activity, and Motor Performance School Study Denmark (CHAMPS-study DK) consisting of 1456 observations of schoolchildren aged 5 to 17 years.

Impact of a nationwide school policy on body mass index in Danish school children: An interrupted time series analysis.

Objectives: A new school policy mandating 45 min physical activity daily during school was introduced in Denmark in 2014. We aimed to evaluate the effect of this policy on BMI in school-aged children. It was hypothesized that the school policy would decrease BMI, especially in the obese fraction of the population (90th percentile BMI).

Walking performance in individuals with lumbar spinal stenosis-possible outcome measures and assessment of known-group validity.

Background Context: One of the primary goals of treatments received by individuals with lumbar spinal stenosis with neurogenic claudication is to improve walking ability. Thus, a thorough and valid assessment of walking ability in patients with lumbar spinal stenosis is needed. Duration of continuous walking and steps per day could be relevant when evaluating walking ability in daily living.

Does children's healthcare seeking change after participation in a musculoskeletal study? A register-based study.

Background: Participating in research studies often involves interactions with healthcare professionals, potentially influencing the participant's future help-seeking behaviour. We investigated whether participating in the Childhood Health Activity and Motor Performance School Study - Denmark (CHAMPS) (2008-2014), which involved telephone consultations and clinical assessments by healthcare professionals with participants experiencing musculoskeletal complaints, changed frequency of contacts with primary public healthcare services among participants over the subsequent five-years-period, compared to non-participating children.

Methods: Using Danish health register data from 1998 to 2020, we compared CHAMPS participant's and two control group's contacts with private physiotherapists, chiropractors (outside hospitals), and general practitioners: a random 10% sample of children from Denmark (National Controls), and a secondary local control group (Local Controls) during three periods: Before (1998-31.

Bidirectional associations between adiposity and physical activity: a longitudinal study from pre-puberty to early adulthood.

Objective: This study aimed to investigate directional influences in the association between adiposity and physical activity (PA) from pre-puberty to early adulthood.

Methods: In the Calex-study, height, weight, body fat and leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) were measured at age11.2-years, 13.

The association between childhood motor performance and developmental trajectories of sport participation over 5 years in Danish students aged 6-16-year-old.

Sports participation has potential to promote physical activity in youth. Unfortunately, sports participation and physical activity may decline from childhood to adolescence and into adulthood. Globally, only 20% of 13-15-year-olds meet the World Health Organisation recommendations for physical activity.

Recreational screen time trajectories during early childhood and imaging-measured body composition at age 7 in the Odense child cohort.

Background: Children spend increasing amounts of time on recreational screen media, which may lead to an obesogenic environment.

Objectives: We investigated the association of trajectories of screen time across ages 3, 5 and 7 years with body composition at age 7 in the Odense Child Cohort.

Methods: Data were collected in the Municipality of Odense, Denmark, between 2010 and 2019.

European fitness landscape for children and adolescents: updated reference values, fitness maps and country rankings based on nearly 8 million test results from 34 countries gathered by the FitBack network.

Objectives: (1) To develop reference values for health-related fitness in European children and adolescents aged 6-18 years that are the foundation for the web-based, open-access and multilanguage fitness platform (FitBack); (2) to provide comparisons across European countries.

Methods: This study builds on a previous large fitness reference study in European youth by (1) widening the age demographic, (2) identifying the most recent and representative country-level data and (3) including national data from existing fitness surveillance and monitoring systems. We used the Assessing Levels of PHysical Activity and fitness at population level (ALPHA) test battery as it comprises tests with the highest test-retest reliability, criterion/construct validity and health-related predictive validity: the 20 m shuttle run (cardiorespiratory fitness); handgrip strength and standing long jump (muscular strength); and body height, body mass, body mass index and waist circumference (anthropometry).