| （1.Library，Shanghai University of Sport，Shanghai 200438，China；2.College of Physical Education and Training，Shanghai University of Sport，Shanghai 200438，China；3.Editorial Department，Shanghai University of Sport，Shanghai 200438，China) Abstract: The authors collated the literature of researches on the relationship between foreign sports space & facility characteristics and children physical activities, which were published in recent 20 years, and revealed the following findings: there were 6 major research topics: physical activity policies and regulations, playground and facility safety, outdoor space vegetation, playground feature density, gender differences in sports space influence, and staff participa-tion; there were rule and regulation investigations and researches at a macroscopic level, as well as intervening experi-ments on the effects of subtle playground features on physical activities; the use of quantitative research tools such as demographical information system and accelerometer became more and more frequent.
Key words: sports sociology；sports space and and facility；children；physical health；foreign；review |
