International Journal of Pediatrics

Exercise in Children during Health and Sickness


Publishing date
15 Jul 2010
Status
Published
Submission deadline
15 Jan 2010

1Pediatric Pulmonary Division, Department of Pediatrics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA

2Children's Health and Exercise Research Centre, University of Exeter, UK

3Exercise Physiology and Biomechanics, University of South Denmark, Denmark

4Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa Children's Hospital, USA

5Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, USA


Exercise in Children during Health and Sickness

Description

The human body is capable of increasing speed and strength to levels that are several times greater than at complete stillness. Such capacity for increased physical activities is essential for the organism's survival and important for enjoyment of life and maintenance of well being.

Exercise is a purposefully structured and often repetitious form of increased physical activity. It requires coordinated and complex responses from several body systems and organs and can be affected by disease processes which involve such systems and organs. Physical activity can also trigger or manifest certain disease processes.

There are numerous distinctions between children and adults in regards to exercise physiology and pathophysiology. Moreover, the nature and intensity of exercise activity during childhood may drastically influence health during adulthood. We call for papers that address all aspects of exercise during childhood which include, but are not limited to:

  • Normal exercise physiology in children and its differences from exercise physiology in adults
  • Effect of exercise or the lack of it during childhood on health maintenance and prevention of disease both short term and long term
  • Effect of chronic illnesses on exercise capacity during childhood
  • Effect of exercise on children with chronic diseases
  • Pathophysiology and treatment of exercise-induced disease processes

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Articles

  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2010
  • - Article ID 479439
  • - Clinical Study

Objectively Measured Physical Activity and Body Mass Index in Preschool Children

Susana Maria Coelho Guimarães Vale | Rute Marina Roberto Santos | ... | Jorge Augusto Silva Mota
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2010
  • - Article ID 468526
  • - Research Article

Parental Influence on Young Children's Physical Activity

Cheryl A. Zecevic | Line Tremblay | ... | Lariviere Michel
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2010
  • - Article ID 489304
  • - Review Article

Review of Prediction Models to Estimate Activity-Related Energy Expenditure in Children and Adolescents

Suzanne M. de Graauw | Janke F. de Groot | ... | Tim Takken
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2010
  • - Article ID 138345
  • - Research Article

Genetic Influences on Individual Differences in Exercise Behavior during Adolescence

Niels van der Aa | Eco J. C. De Geus | ... | Meike Bartels
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2010
  • - Article ID 580897
  • - Clinical Study

Relationships of Cardiorespiratory Fitness with Metabolic Risk Factors, Inflammation, and Liver Transaminases in Overweight Youths

Dominique Bouglé | Gautier Zunquin | ... | Jean-Pierre Sabatier
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2010
  • - Article ID 218586
  • - Research Article

Children's Use of Electronic Games: Choices of Game Mode and Challenge Levels

Cindy H. P. Sit | Jessica W. K. Lam | Thomas L. McKenzie
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2010
  • - Article ID 515414
  • - Clinical Study

The Association of Weight Status with Physical Fitness among Chinese Children

Xianwen Shang | Ailing Liu | ... | Guansheng Ma
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2010
  • - Article ID 328318
  • - Research Article

Physical Activity in Adolescent Females with Type 1 Diabetes

Bahareh Schweiger | Georgeanna Klingensmith | Janet K. Snell-Bergeon
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2010
  • - Article ID 307063
  • - Clinical Study

A School-Based Exercise Intervention Program Increases Muscle Strength in Prepubertal Boys

Susanna Stenevi-Lundgren | Robin M. Daly | Magnus K. Karlsson
  • Special Issue
  • - Volume 2010
  • - Article ID 893854
  • - Research Article

Key Beliefs for Targeted Interventions to Increase Physical Activity in Children: Analyzing Data from an Extended Version of the Theory of Planned Behaviour

A. Bélanger-Gravel | G. Godin
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