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Session

WR2_1_2: Abstract presentations: Health-Promoting Sports Clubs and Communities
Location: White room 2
Session Chair: Susanna Geidne

Presentation 8

2:27pm - 2:30pm

Better musculoskeletal fitness is associated with less reclining and more standing and physical activity

Pauliina Husu¹, Henri Vähä-Ypyä¹, Olli-Pekka Nuuttila^1,2, Kari Tokola¹, Ilkka Heinonen^1,3, Tommi Vasankari^1,4

1: The UKK Institute for Health Promotion Research, Finland; 2: Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences, University of Jyväskylä, Jyväskylä, Finland; 3: Turku PET Centre, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland; 4: Faculty of Medicine and Health Technology, Tampere University, Tampere, Finland

Purpose

Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) is associated with physical activity (PA), but the associations with musculoskeletal fitness (MF) have been studied rarely. This study analyzed how MF is associated with accelerometer-measured physical behavior among working-aged adults.

Methods

The study is based on two cross-sectional population-based studies that measured 1) physical behavior by a triaxial hip-worn accelerometer (UKK RM42) and 2) fitness by modified push-up, jump-and-reach and 6 -min walk tests among 20-69-year-old adults (n=3250, age 50.3 ±13.0 years, 59% women). Waking-time stationary behavior (lying, reclining, sitting, and standing) was analyzed by the APE-algorithm and PA by the MAD-algorithm. Both absolute and relative intensities of PA were assessed: light (LPA), moderate (MPA) and vigorous (VPA). Absolute intensities were defined by metabolic equivalents and relative intensities by individual CRF (VO2R) estimated by the 6-min walk test. Modified push-up and jump-and-reach results were analyzed in age-group and sex-specific tertiles. Data was analyzed by General linear model.

Results
Participants with the best push-up performance accumulated statistically significantly (p<0.001) less reclining and more standing time, more LPA and MPA in both absolute and relative terms, and more daily steps than those with the poorest performance. Correspondingly, participants in the best jump-and-reach tertile accumulated less reclining and more standing, more absolute PA regardless of intensity, more relative LPA and more daily steps than those in the poorest tertile.

Conclusions
Better MF is associated with less reclining, and more standing and PA. Individual level in both CRF and MF should be considered when promoting PA among adult populations.