Sedentary behavior and children with physical disabilities: a scoping review.

Evaluation of interventions to decrease sedentary behavior in children with physical disabilities is needed. Future research should also address measurement of physical activity with children who use wheelchairs as their primary method of mobility. Implications for rehabilitationIntervention strategies to decrease sedentary behavior are increasingly discussed; however, additional research is needed to evaluate effectiveness.Strategies for addressing sedentary behavior should expand to include consideration of lengths of sedentary bouts and breaks from sedentary behavior, and not just focus on total sedentary time.Research in this area has focused on ambulatory children; a greater research emphasis on children who are non-ambulatory is warranted.Agreement and consistent use of accelerometry protocols is recommended to advance this body of research.