Preadmission patterns of physical activity in a sample of juvenile detainees

Received 17 October 2003; accepted 20 February 2004.

Abstract

Preadmission patterns of physical activity were examined in a sample of 537 juvenile detainees and compared with the 2001 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS), a national sample of high school students. Overall, detained youth reported similar participation in physical activity, surpassing the student sample in some areas.

Keywords: Adolescents , Gender differences , Juvenile detainees , High school , YRBS , Physical activity , Exercise , Sports

a Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina

b Department of Pediatrics, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

c Private Practice, Charleston, South Carolina

d Department of Health and Physical Activity, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Address correspondence to: Dr. Sergio R. Russo Buzzini, 135 Rutledge Avenue, PO Box 250561, Charleston, SC 29425.

PII: S1054-139X(04)00423-9

doi:10.1016/j.jadohealth.2004.02.040

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