Physical activity, physical fitness, gross motor coordination, and metabolic syndrome: focus of twin research in Portugal

• Author(s): Maia, José António Ribeiro ; Santos, Daniel ; Freitas, Duarte Luís de ; Thomis, Martine
• Date: 2012
• Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/3642
• Origin: DigitUMa - Repositório da Universidade da Madeira
• Subject(s): Portugal; Twins; Physical activity; Physical fitness; Gross motor coordination; Metabolic syndrome; .; Faculdade de Ciências Sociais
• Document Type: Journal article
• Language: English
• Contributor(s): DigitUMa

Description

A very brief history of Portuguese twin research in sport and human movement sciences is presented. Recruitment procedures, zygosity determination, and phenotypes are given for twins and their parents from the mainland, and Azores and Madeira archipelagos. Preliminary findings are mostly related to physical activity, health-related physical fitness, gross motor coordination, neuromotor development, and metabolic syndrome traits.