Trial reportThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2014
Fundamental movement skills and physical activity among children living in low-income communities: a cross-sectional study.
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- Evidence-Based Overview of Accelerometer-Measured Physical Activity during School Recess: An Updated Systematic Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Pooled it
- Correlates of Gross Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2016Pooled it
- Getting an Active Start: Assessing the Impact of a Physical Literacy-Based Intervention on Preschool-Aged Children's Fundamental Movement Skills, Motor Competency and Behavioral Self-Regulation.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Trial
- SKIP (Supporting Kids with diabetes In Physical activity): Feasibility of a randomised controlled trial of a digital intervention for 9-12 year olds with type 1 diabetes mellitus.BMC public health · 2019Trial
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- Object-Control Skills and Cortisol Response During Physical Education Lessons in Primary School Children.The Journal of school health · 2026Article
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- Association between fundamental movement skills and weekday/weekend physical activity among preschool children in China: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2026Article
- The Crucial Role of Exercise in Promoting Adolescent Muscle Development.Advances in experimental medicine and biology · 2026Review
- One Sport or Many? Comparing the Effects of Athletics and Multiactivity Training on Motor Competence in 6-10-Year-Olds-A Case Study.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Computing and Evaluating Relationships Between Equal and Differential Factor Weighting for Fundamental Movement Skills and Physical Activity with Guided Active Play During Childhood.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The relationship between 24-h Movement Behaviors and executive function in children aged 3-6 years: The mediating and moderating roles of fundamental movement skills.Journal of exercise science and fitness · 2025Article
- Analysis of Psychological and Sleep Quality Characteristics of Young and Adult Para-Athletes with Cerebral Palsy During Competitive Period.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Body Mass Index and Sedentary Behaviour Affect Hamstring Extensibility in Primary Education Students.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Associations Between Fundamental Movement Skills, Muscular Fitness, Self-Perception and Physical Activity in Primary School Students.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Article
- Multistakeholder Perspectives on the Determinants of Family Fundamental Movement Skills Practice: A Qualitative Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Exploring the Relationship between Fundamental Movement Skills and Health-Related Fitness among First and Second Graders in Korea: Implications for Healthy Childhood Development.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- The role of fundamental movement skills on children's physical activity during different segments of the school day.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Physical activity level correlates with obesity-related factors, but not with fundamental movement skills in preschool children: a cross-sectional study.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2024Article
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Abstract
backgroundAlthough previous studies have demonstrated that children with high levels of fundamental movement skill competency are more active throughout the day, little is known regarding children's fundamental movement skill competency and their physical activity during key time periods of the school day (i.e., lunchtime, recess and after-school). The purpose of this study was to examine the associations between fundamental movement skill competency and objectively measured moderate-to-vigorous physical activity (MVPA) throughout the school day among children attending primary schools in low-income communities.
methodsEight primary schools from low-income communities and 460 children (8.5 ± 0.6 years, 54% girls) were involved in the study. Children's fundamental movement skill competency (TGMD-2; 6 locomotor and 6 object-control skills), objectively measured physical activity (ActiGraph GT3X and GT3X + accelerometers), height, weight and demographics were assessed. Multilevel linear mixed models were used to assess the cross-sectional associations between fundamental movement skills and MVPA.
resultsAfter adjusting for age, sex, BMI and socio-economic status, locomotor skill competency was positively associated with total (P=0.002, r=0.15) and after-school (P=0.014, r=0.13) MVPA. Object-control skill competency was positively associated with total (P<0.001, r=0.20), lunchtime (P=0.03, r=0.10), recess (P=0.006, r=0.11) and after-school (P=0.022, r=0.13) MVPA.
conclusionsObject-control skill competency appears to be a better predictor of children's MVPA during school-based physical activity opportunities than locomotor skill competency. Improving fundamental movement skill competency, particularly object-control skills, may contribute to increased levels of children's MVPA throughout the day.
trial registrationAustralian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry No: ACTRN12611001080910.
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