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Improving Motor Competence of Children: The “Super Quinas” Intervention Program...
Rodrigues, Luis Paulo; Cordovil, Rita; Costa, Julio; Seabra, André; Guilherme, José; Vale, Susana; Luz, Carlos; Flôres, Fábio; Lagoa, Maria JoãoObjectives: The 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.. Design: 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 interventi...
Effect of motor competence and health-related fitness in the prevention of meta...
Pombo, André; Cordovil, Rita; Rodrigues, Luis Paulo; Moreira, Ana Catarina; Borrego, Rute; Machado, Margarida; Costa, Vânia; Almeida, AnaPurpose: In the last decades we have seen an increase in sedentary behaviors and a decrease in physical activity in children when compared to past generations. This lifestyle is commonly associated with the development of clustering risk factors that define metabolic syndrome (MetS). Knowing that motor competence (MC) development can influence lifelong physical activity habits, it is reasonable to assume that c...
Effect of motor competence and health-related fitness in the prevention of meta...
Pombo, André; Cordovil, Rita; Rodrigues, Luis Paulo; Moreira, Ana Catarina; Borrego, Rute; Machado, Margarida; Costa, Vânia; Almeida, AnaPurpose: In the last decades we have seen an increase in sedentary behaviors and a decrease in physical activity in children when compared to past generations. This lifestyle is commonly associated with the development of clustering risk factors that define metabolic syndrome (MetS). Knowing that motor competence (MC) development can influence lifelong physical activity habits, it is reasonable to assume that c...
Age-dependent changes in physical performance in community dwelling elderly women
Ferragut, Carmen; Suarez, Helena Vila; Lima, Miguel; Rodrigues, Luis Paulo; Bezerra, Pedro; Cancela, José MaríaAging process is accompanied by a gradual and sustained loss of physical abilities which leads to a progressive muscle weakness with important consequences for daily living especially in women. This study aimed was to analyze the differences by ages in dynamic balance and lower limb strength in community-dwelling women, and secondly to assess the differences in dynamic balance scores and lower limb strength bet...
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...
Further development of the affordances for motor behavior of schoolchildren
Flôres, Fábio Saraiva; Rodrigues, Luis Paulo; Cordovil, RitaMapping and evaluating regular contexts that schoolchildren attend is of great importance to understanding motor behavior. This communication aims to present the scoring system and standardization of the Affordances for Motor Behavior of Schoolchildren (AMBS), recently presented to the scientific and educational community. The AMBS was developed to assess children’s interdependent systems, such as home, school,...
Do children's previous physical activity habits influence their behaviors durin...
Siegle, Cristhina Bonilha Huster; Pombo, André; Luz, Carlos; Rodrigues, Luis Paulo; Cordovil, Rita; Sá, Cristina dos Santos Cardoso deObjective: Verify whether the practice of physical activity, before the social distancing imposed by COVID-19, influences children’s routines during this period, in children of different ages. Methods: Descriptive cross-sectional study carried out with an online questionnaire from LimeSurvey and disseminated for four months during social distancing. The questionnaire contained questions about family composition...