Excluded articles and reasons for exclusion
| Reasons for exclusion | Articles from electronic searches (n=79) | Articles from reference checks, citation tracking and contact with experts (n=23) |
|---|---|---|
| Examined the perceived barriers and facilitators to physical activity or exercise in children with an acute, transient or chronic medical conditions or diseases | Pittet et al47 | – |
| Examined sedentary leisure activities (eg, watching TV, art) or it was not clear what type of recreation or leisure activities (active or sedentary) were investigated | Shikako-Thomas et al48 Dattilo et al49 Wilhite50 Buttimer and Tierney51 Heah et al15 King et al9 Majnemer et al52 Rosenberg53 Thomas and Rosenberg54 Wilhite et al55 Eriks-Brophy et al56 Modell57 | Sloper et al58 Matthews59 |
| Examined functional competencies | – | Patel and Greydanus60 |
| Examined societal participation in general (eg, access to public transport) | Law et al61 Dumas et al62 Harding et al63 Hemmingson and Borrell64 Kroksmark and Nordel65 Lawlor et al66 Mihaylov et al67 Pretty et al68 | – |
| Was a narrative literature review | Rosenbaum69 King et al9a Sugden70 Keeton and Kennedy71 Lotan et al72 Majnemer73 Lane and Misrett74 Poulson and Zivani75 Menear and Shapiro76 Michelsen77 Moran and Block78 | Lukey79 Coates and Vickerman80 Fitzgerald et al81 Micacchi et al82 |
| Examined the effect of an intervention to improve participation | Dattilo83 Scholl et al84 Kristen et al85 Kristen et al86 Fennick and Royle87 | – |
| Investigated risk factors of physical inactivity or factors that predict participation in physical activity, or investigate the relationship or level of association between a specific variable(s) (such as age, gender, weight) and participation in physical activity | Pumphrey et al88 White and Duda89 Morris et al90 Ellis91 Poulsen et al92 Lee93 Gutierrez et al94 Martin95 Majnemer96 Lin97 | Ellis et al98 Longmuir and Bar-Or99 Pan and Frey100 |
| Examined the participation experiences of children with disabilities, their families or other support people such as teachers or coaches | Mandich et al101 Fogarty et al102 Clark and Macarthur103 Antle et al104 Anderson et al105 Babkes106 Nixon107 Kozub108 Kozub and Poretta109 Skar110 Taub and Greer111 Groff et al112 Eminovic et al113 Anderson114 Spencer-Cavaliere115 | Brasile and Hendrick116 Hutzler et al117 |
| The study participants were NOT either children (a group mean age <18 years) with a disability, parents of children with a disability under 18 years or support people of children with a disability (teachers, coaches, policy makers) | Sparrow et al118 Ponchillia et al119 Tasiemski et al120 Shifflet et al121 Dowler and Jordan-Simpson122 Tsai and Fung39 Buffart et al42 Van Narden Braun et al123 Wu and Williams124 | Santiago and Coyle125 Putnam et al126 Anderson and Heyne40 Goodwin et al127 Brasile et al43 Schleien et al41 Berry128 Fu129 |
| Study is a duplicate studies of a previously obtained study | Wilkinson130 | Modell57 |
| The article is not written in English | Robitaille et al131 Martin Ginis and Hicks132 | – |
| Examined the barriers and facilitators to participation in school-based physical activity, such as physical education classes | An and Goodwin133 Hutzler et al35 Lieberman et al134 Lieberman et al29 Zwald135 | Columna et al136 Sato and Hodge137 |