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PhysicalActivity ​

Breadcrumb: Thing > MedicalEntity > LifestyleModification > PhysicalActivity

Any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness. Includes activity that is part of daily living and routine, structured exercise, and exercise prescribed as part of a medical treatment or recovery plan.

Parent types ​

LifestyleModification

Properties ​

Properties for PhysicalActivity ​

PropertyExpected typeDefined onDescription
associatedAnatomyAnatomicalStructure, AnatomicalSystem, SuperficialAnatomyPhysicalActivityThe anatomy of the underlying organ system or structures associated with this entity.
categoryCategoryCode, PhysicalActivityCategory, Text, Thing, URLPhysicalActivityA category for the item. Greater signs or slashes can be used to informally indicate a category hierarchy.
epidemiologyTextPhysicalActivityThe characteristics of associated patients, such as age, gender, race etc.
pathophysiologyTextPhysicalActivityChanges in the normal mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions that are associated with this activity or condition.

Inherited properties ​

PropertyExpected typeInherited fromDescription
additionalTypeText, URLThingAn additional type for the item, typically used for adding more specific types from external vocabularies in microdata syntax. This is a relationship between something and a class that the thing is in. Typically the value is a URI-identified RDF class, and in this case corresponds to the use of rdf:type in RDF. Text values can be used sparingly, for cases where useful information can be added without their being an appropriate schema to reference. In the case of text values, the class label should follow the schema.org style guide.
alternateNameTextThingAn alias for the item.
codeMedicalCodeMedicalEntityA medical code for the entity, taken from a controlled vocabulary or ontology such as ICD-9, DiseasesDB, MeSH, SNOMED-CT, RxNorm, etc.
descriptionText, TextObjectThingA description of the item.
disambiguatingDescriptionTextThingA sub property of description. A short description of the item used to disambiguate from other, similar items. Information from other properties (in particular, name) may be necessary for the description to be useful for disambiguation.
fundingGrantMedicalEntityA Grant that directly or indirectly provide funding or sponsorship for this item. See also ownershipFundingInfo.
guidelineMedicalGuidelineMedicalEntityA medical guideline related to this entity.
identifierPropertyValue, Text, URLThingThe identifier property represents any kind of identifier for any kind of Thing, such as ISBNs, GTIN codes, UUIDs etc. Schema.org provides dedicated properties for representing many of these, either as textual strings or as URL (URI) links. See background notes for more details.
imageImageObject, URLThingAn image of the item. This can be a URL or a fully described ImageObject.
legalStatusDrugLegalStatus, MedicalEnumeration, TextMedicalEntityThe drug or supplement's legal status, including any controlled substance schedules that apply.
mainEntityOfPageCreativeWork, URLThingIndicates a page (or other CreativeWork) for which this thing is the main entity being described. See background notes for details.
medicineSystemMedicineSystemMedicalEntityThe system of medicine that includes this MedicalEntity, for example 'evidence-based', 'homeopathic', 'chiropractic', etc.
nameTextThingThe name of the item.
ownerOrganization, PersonThingA person or organization who owns this Thing.
potentialActionActionThingIndicates a potential Action, which describes an idealized action in which this thing would play an 'object' role.
recognizingAuthorityOrganizationMedicalEntityIf applicable, the organization that officially recognizes this entity as part of its endorsed system of medicine.
relevantSpecialtyMedicalSpecialtyMedicalEntityIf applicable, a medical specialty in which this entity is relevant.
sameAsURLThingURL of a reference Web page that unambiguously indicates the item's identity. E.g. the URL of the item's Wikipedia page, Wikidata entry, or official website.
studyMedicalStudyMedicalEntityA medical study or trial related to this entity.
subjectOfCreativeWork, EventThingA CreativeWork or Event about this Thing.
urlURLThingURL of the item.

Sub-types ​

ExercisePlan

Example ​

json
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@type": "PhysicalActivity",
  "name": "Example Name",
  "description": "A short description.",
  "url": "/example",
  "associatedAnatomy": "Example value",
  "category": "Example value"
}