study protocol. the childhood health, activity, and motor performance school study denmark (the champs-study dk)研究协议。.pdfVIP

Wedderkopp et al. BMC Pediatrics 2012, 12:128 /1471-2431/12/128 STUDY PROTOCOL Open Access Study protocol. The Childhood Health, Activity, and Motor Performance School Study Denmark (The CHAMPS-study DK) 1,2,5* 1 1,2 1,3 4 1 Niels Wedderkopp , Eva Jespersen , Claudia Franz , Heidi Klakk , Malene Heidemann , Christina Christiansen , Niels Christian Møller1 and Charlotte Leboeuf-Yde2,5 Abstract Background: An increasingly passive life-style in the Western World has led to a rise in life-style related disorders. This is a major concern for all segments of society. The county council of the municipality of Svendborg in Denmark, created six Sport Schools with increased levels of suitable physical activities, which made it possible to study the health outcomes in these children whilst comparing them to children who attended the ‘normal’ schools of the region using the design of a “natural experiment”. Methods: Children from the age of 6 till the age of 10, who accepted to be included in the monitoring process, were surveyed at baseline with questionnaires, physical examinations and physical and biological testing, including DXA scans. The physical examination and testing was repeated during the early stage of the study. Every week over the whole study period, the children will be followed with an automated mobile phone text message (SMS-Track) asking questions on their leisure time sports activities and the presence of any musculoskeletal problems. Children who report any such problems are monitored individually by health care personnel. Data are collected on demography, health habits and attitudes, physical characteristics, physical activity using accelerometers, mot