gezondheidsgedrag regular exercise behavior
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Vrije Universiteit
Eligibility
Age
12 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: healthy adolescent twins and siblings aged 16-20 will be included provided that at least two members of the same family are willing to participate. The target composition of the sample is 150 monozygote pairs plus 100 of their siblings and 50 dizygote pairs.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: adolescents aged 16-20 that have a physical handicaps, acute disease with fever, or a history of disease that would prevent them from taking a maximal exercise test (American Heart Association guidelines, 2002).
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Multiple measures of the acute mood/fatigue responses to exercise at various intensity levels. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) three objective measures of exercise ability: aerobic fitness, explosive strength and the ventilatory threshold, 2) Quetelet index and general health, 3) Attitudes on exercise | — |
Countries
Netherlands
Outcome results
None listed