Paula Olszewski-Kubilius
Front-loading STEM enrichment to prepare learners for STEM pathways
Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences
relationship locomotive syndrome physical characteristics lifestyle habits children fully elucidated aim study assess prevalence childrens locomotive syndrome determine relationship abovementioned factors crosssectional study 285 elementary school children volunteered participate medical checkup physical function data collected via medical examination clinical measurements questionnaires multivariable logistic regression model used determine relationship odds ratios ors participants characteristics physical functions outcomes determined questionnaire locomotive syndrome following factors related locomotive syndrome older age 1421 95 confidence interval ci 1039 1945 male sex 4011 95 ci 2189 7347 time spent watching television per day 1281 95 ci 1001 1640 results may assist encouragement children perform appropriate physical activities avoid unhealthy lifestyle habits reducing occurrence locomotive syndrome