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Improving Motor Competence of Children: The Super Quinas Intervention Program i...
Rodrigues, Luis P.; Cordovil, Rita; Costa, Júlio A.; Seabra, André; Guilherme, José; Vale, Susana; Luz, Carlos; Flôres, Fábio; Lagoa, Maria JoãoThe objective of this study was to describe the effects of an extra hour of a structured motor program on the motor competence (MC) of children 6–10 years old. The need for movement interventions to enhance MC among school-aged children has gained vital importance in the last years, given the negative secular trends reported. Hence, the Portuguese Football Federation organized an intervention program on MC to b...
Relationship Between Motor Competence and Soccer-Specific Skills: A Longitudina...
Fortunato, A; Gonçalves, Celina; Lopes, Vitor P.; Gonçalves, CelinaThe complexity of interactions in team sports requires players to have excellent technical skills. The purpose of this study was to longitudinally investigate the predictive value of motor competence (MC) on soccer-specific skills development. Participants were n = 79 boys, aged between 5.89 and 14.63 years at baseline followed for 3 consecutive years. MC was assessed with Körperkoordination Test für Kinder, an...
Characterization of the lower limb dynamic balance and ankle dorsiflexion in yo...
Morais, J.E.; Sampaio, Tatiana; Oliveira, João P.; Lopes, Vitor P.; Barbosa, Tiago M.Dynamic balance and ankle dorsiflexion are associated with performance and injury risk in young athletes. The aim of this study was to characterize lower limb dynamic balance and ankle dorsiflexion in young futsal players and to understand their relationships. Eighteen young male futsal players (with 15.2 ± 1.2 years of age and with a right lower limb dominance) were evaluated for dynamic balance of both lower ...
Exploring perceived barriers to physical activity among older adults living in ...
Rúa-Alonso, María; Bovolini, Antonio; Costa-Brito, Ana Raquel; Vaz, Cláudia; Marques, Ermelinda; Serra, Nuno; Lopes, Vitor P.; Vila-Chã, CarolinaOlder people in low-population density regions tend to have fewer resources to engage in regular physical activity (PA) compared to their counterparts in urban areas. Moreover, PA assumes different dimensions, and the amount of PA related to each dimension may differ between women and men, predisposing them to different PA practices. Therefore, this cross-sectional study aims to describe the prevalence of barri...
The mediation role of perceived benefits and barriers in the relationship betwe...
Rodrigues, Filipe; Monteiro, Diogo; Lopes, Vitor P.We investigated whether the relationship between significant others’ social support and adolescents’ physical activity (PA) is mediated by perceived barriers and benefits of PA. In this cross-sectional study, we analyzed data from 497 adolescents (girls = 272, boys = 225) aged between 12-18 years (M= 15.87, SD = 1.43) from six different middle and secondary schools. We collected data regarding social cognitive ...
Potential relevance of a motor skill “proficiency barrier” on health-related fi...
Abrams, T. Cade; Terlizzi, Bryan M.; Meester, An de; Sacko, Ryan S.; Irwin, J. Megan; Luz, Carlos J.; Rodrigues, Luis Paulo; Cordovil, RitaThis study investigated the potential impact of a motor skill proficiency barrier on measures of cardiorespiratory (CRF) and musculoskeletal (MSF) fitness in youth. A sample of 241 youth (114 girls) aged 10 - 18 years, completed the Motor Competence Assessment battery with composite scores indexed according to age- and gender-adjusted percentile scores. Motor competence (MC) levels were categorized as low (≤ 25...
Profiles of motor competence and its perception accuracy among children: associ...
Almeida, Gabriela M.; Luz, Carlos J.; Rodrigues, Luis Paulo; Lopes, Vitor P.; Cordovil, RitaThe main goals of this study were to identify profiles in school-aged children based on actual Motor Competence (MC) and accuracy of Perceived Motor Competence (PMC) and to examine how children with different profiles differ in terms of Physical Fitness (PF) and Body Fat percentage (BF%). The MC of a total of 287 children (51.6% boys, aged between 6 and 10 years-old) was assessed using the Motor Competence Asse...
Relationship between motor competence, weight status, and cardiorespiratory fit...
Rodrigues, Luis Paulo; Cordovil, Rita; Luz, Carlos J.; Silva, Bruno; Lopes, Vitor P.Strong evidence has been found for a negative relationship between motor competence (MC) and weight status (WS), and a positive one between MC and health related fitness (HRF).
Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) Scoring Method
Rodrigues, Luis Paulo; Luz, Carlos; Cordovil, Rita; Pombo, André; Lopes, Vitor P.The Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) is a quantitative test battery that assesses motor competence across the whole lifespan. It is composed of three sub-scales: locomotor, stability, and manipulative, each of them assessed by two different objectively measured tests. The MCA construct validity for children and adolescents, having normative values from 3 to 23 years of age, and the configural invariance betwee...
The developmental trajectory of motor competence of children that lived the COV...
Carballo-Fazanes, Aida; Rodrigues, Luís Paulo; Silva, Rui; Lopes, Vitor P.; Abelairas-Gómez, CristianChildren’s motor competence (MC) was negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; however, possible chronic effects have not been studied. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the possible impact of the forced lack of physical activity (PA) during the COVID-19 lockdown on children’s MC two years later. The motor competence of sixty-seven healthy children (7.4–12.2 years old) was assessed using the M...