Determining factors of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study

Matthew J. Savage; Daniele Magistro; Philip J. Hennis; James Donaldson; Laura C. Healy; Kirsty A. Hunter; Ruth M. James

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0298134

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Determining factors of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study

Matthew J. Savage,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation SHAPE Research Group, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2922-3681

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Daniele Magistro ,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Daniele.magistro@ntu.ac.uk

Affiliation SHAPE Research Group, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2554-3701

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Philip J. Hennis,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation SHAPE Research Group, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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James Donaldson,

Roles Data curation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation SHAPE Research Group, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3230-276X

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Laura C. Healy,

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation SHAPE Research Group, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1372-7308

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Kirsty A. Hunter,

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation SHAPE Research Group, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Ruth M. James

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation SHAPE Research Group, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, United Kingdom
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Determining factors of physical activity and sedentary behaviour in university students during the COVID-19 pandemic: A longitudinal study

Matthew J. Savage,
Daniele Magistro,
Philip J. Hennis,
James Donaldson,
Laura C. Healy,
Kirsty A. Hunter,
Ruth M. James

Published: February 23, 2024
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0298134

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