Blar i UiS Brage på forfatter "Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred"
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Active Learning Norwegian Preschool(er)s (ACTNOW) – Design of a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Staff Professional Development to Promote Physical Activity, Motor Skills, and Cognition in Preschoolers [Study protocol]
Aadland, Eivind; Tjomsland, Hege Eikeland; Johannessen, Kjersti; Nilsen, Ada Kristine Ofrim; Resaland, Geir Kåre; Glosvik, Øyvind; Lykkebø, Osvald; Stokke, Rasmus; Andersen, Lars Bo; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Pfeiffer, Karin Allor; Tomporowski, Phillip D; Størksen, Ingunn; Bartholomew, John; Ommundsen, Yngvar; Howard, Steven James; Okely, Anthony D.; Aadland, Katrine Nyvoll (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Introduction: There is a dearth of high-quality evidence on effective, sustainable, and scalable interventions to increase physical activity (PA) and concomitant outcomes in preschoolers. Specifically, there is a need to ... -
Association between physical activity and cognition in Mexican and Korean older adults
Aarsland, Vera; Borda, Miguel Germán; Aarsland, Dag; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020-04)Introduction: As the world's population ages, the prevalence of cognitive impairment associated with age in- creases. This increase is particularly pronounced in Asia and South-America. The objective of this study was to ... -
The effect of a school-based intervention on physical activity, cardiorespiratory fitness and muscle strength: the School in Motion cluster randomized trial
Kolle, Elin; Solberg, Runar Barstad; Säfvenbom, Reidar; Dyrstad, Sindre Mikal; Berntsen, Sveinung; Resaland, Geir Kåre; Ekelund, Ulf; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Grydeland, May (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)Background: Physical activity (PA) declines throughout adolescence, therefore PA promotion during this period is important. We analyzed the effect of two school-based PA interventions on daily PA levels, cardiorespiratory ... -
Effects of a school-based physical activity intervention on academic performance in 14-year old adolescents: a cluster randomized controlled trial – the School in Motion study
Solberg, Runar Barstad; Steene-Johannessen, Jostein; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred; Ekelund, Ulf; Säfvenbom, Reidar; Haugen, Tommy; Stølevik, Sveinung Berntsen; Åvitsland, Andreas; Lerum, Øystein; Resaland, Geir Kåre; Kolle, Elin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021-05)Background School-based physical activity interventions evaluating the effect on academic performance usually includes children. We aimed to investigate the effect of a nine-month, school-based physical activity intervention ... -
Waist circumference thresholds and cardiorespiratory fitness
Dyrstad, Sindre Mikal; Edvardsen, Elisabeth; Hansen, Bjørge Hermann; Anderssen, Sigmund Alfred (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017-04)Purpose This study's purpose was to examine whether established risk categories of waist circumference (WC)—normal, high risk, and very high health risk—reflected significant differences in cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) ...