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Gross motor coordination and weight status of Portuguese children aged 6-14 years

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dc.contributor.authorAntunes, António M.
dc.contributor.authorMaia, José A.
dc.contributor.authorStasinopoulos, Mikis D.
dc.contributor.authorGouveia, Élvio R.
dc.contributor.authorThomis, Martine A.
dc.contributor.authorLefevre, Johan A.
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, Alexandra Q.
dc.contributor.authorFreitas, Duarte L.
dc.date.accessioned2021-09-21T08:23:38Z
dc.date.available2021-09-21T08:23:38Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.description.abstractObjectives: To construct age- and gender-specific percentiles for gross motor coordination (MC) tests and to explore differences in gross MC in normal-weight, overweight and obese children. Methods: Data are from the “Healthy Growth of Madeira Study,” a cross-sectional study carried out in children, aged 6–14 years. All 1,276 participants, 619 boys and 657 girls, were assessed for gross MC (K€orperkoordinations Test fur Kinder, KTK), anthropometry (height and body mass), physical activity (Baecke questionnaire) and socioeconomic € status (SES). Centile curves for gross MC were obtained for boys and girls separately using generalized additive models for location, scale and shape. Results: A significant main effect for age was found in walking backwards and moving sideways. Boys performed significantly better than girls on moving sideways. At the upper limit of the distributions, interindividual variability was higher in hopping on one leg (girls) and jumping and moving sideways (boys and girls). One-way ANCOVA, control ling for age, physical activity and SES, indicated that normal-weight children scored significantly better than their obese peers in all gross MC tests. Overweight boys and girls also scored significantly better than their obese colleagues in some MC tests. Conclusions: These centile curves can be used as reference data in Portuguese children and youth, aged 6–14 years. Being overweight or obese was a major limitation in MC tests and, therefore, of the children’s health- and performance related physical fitness.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationAntunes, A. M., Maia, J. A., Stasinopoulos, M. D., Gouveia, É. R., Thomis, M. A., Lefevre, J. A., ... & Freitas, D. L. (2015). Gross motor coordination and weight status of Portuguese children aged 6–14 years. American Journal of Human Biology, 27(5), 681-689. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.22715pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1002/ajhb.22715pt_PT
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.13/3646
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherWileypt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectGross motor coordinationpt_PT
dc.subjectMotor coordinationpt_PT
dc.subjectWeightpt_PT
dc.subjectPortuguese childrenpt_PT
dc.subject.pt_PT
dc.subjectFaculdade de Ciências Sociaispt_PT
dc.titleGross motor coordination and weight status of Portuguese children aged 6-14 yearspt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.endPage689pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue5pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage681pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleAmerican Journal of Human Biologypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume27pt_PT
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