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Potential relevance of a motor skill “proficiency barrier” on health-related fi...

This 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...

Testing the motor proficiency barrier hypothesis for physical activity and weig...

The purpose was to evaluate the implications of a proficiency barrier (PB) for physical activity (PA), sedentary time (ST) and weight status (WS) in a two-stage study. In Stage 1, motor quotient (MQ) cut-off values, based on the KTK test, for differentiating overweight/obese from normal weight, and sedentary from non-sedentary were identified in a sample of 734 children (353 girls) of 10 years of age. In Stage ...

Motor competence and health-related fitness in children

Background: Motor competence and health-related fitness are important components for the development and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle in children. This study examined cross-cultural performances on motor competence and health-related fitness between Portuguese and U.S. children. Methods: Portuguese (n = 508; 10.14 +/- 2.13 years , mean +/- SD) and U.S. (n = 710; 9.48 +/- 1.62 years) children performed tes...

Familial resemblance in gross motor coordination. The peruvian sibling study on...

Background: The development of gross motor coordination (GMC) is governed by biological and environmental factors whose effect sizes are still unclear. Aim: To investigate sibling resemblance in GMC, as well as biological and environmental correlates of GMC among Peruvian children. Materials and methods: The sample comprised 1256 biological siblings (6–15 years old), from three geographical areas of Peru. GMC w...

Motor competence and health-related fitness in children: a cross-cultural compa...

Background Motor competence and health-related fitness are important components for the development and maintenance of a healthy lifestyle in children. This study examined cross-cultural performances on motor competence and health-related fitness between Portuguese and U.S. children. Methods Portuguese (n = 508; 10.14 ± 2.13 years , mean ± SD) and U.S. (n = 710; 9.48 ± 1.62 years) children performed tests of ca...

Comparison of motor competence levels on two assessments across childhood

Effectiveness of physical education to promote motor competence in primary scho...

Motor skill (MS) competence is an important contributing factor for healthy development. The goal was to test the effectiveness of primary school physical education (PE) on MS and physical fitness (PF) development. Three classes (n = 60, aged 9.0 ± 0.9) were randomly assigned to three diverse conditions during a school year: two PE lessons/week (PE-2), three PE lessons/week (PE-3), and no PE lessons control gro...

Testing the motor proficiency barrier hypothesis for physical activity and weig...

Motor competence (MC) is associated with physical activity (PA) and a healthy weight in childhood years. The purpose was to test a MC proficiency barrier (PB), below which children would not achieve enough PA levels to be healthy. Cut-off values in KTK test results were determined with ROC analysis using a cross-sectional sample of 734 (353 girls) 10 year-old children. These cut-off values were subsequently use...

Developmental pathways of change in fitness and motor competence are related to...

To test how different developmental pathways of health-related physical fitness and motorcompetence tests relate to weight status (overweight and obesity) at the end of primary school.Design: Longitudinal study on growth, health-related physical fitness, and motor competence of 472primary school children assessed yearly throughout 1st to 4th grade, with an average age of 6.3 ± 0.7years of age at 1st grade.Metho...

Motor competence and its effect on positive developmental trajectories of health

In 2008, Stodden and colleagues took a unique developmental approach toward addressing the potential role of motor competence in promoting positive or negative trajectories of physical activity, health-related fitness, and weight status. The conceptual model proposed synergistic relationships among physical activity, motor competence, perceived motor competence, health-related physical fit ness, and obesity wit...