ArticleFrontiers in sports and active living2020
Effectiveness of a Physical Education Program on the Motor and Pre-literacy Skills of Preschoolers From the Training-To-Health Project: A Focus on Weight Status.
Article in Frontiers in sports and active living, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06546644 (Effect of a Structured School-based Health Intervention for Obesity Prevention In Children Aged 5-12 Years), which is not on this map. Cited by 17 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effect of a Structured School-based Health Intervention for Obesity Prevention In Children Aged 5-12 Years
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17 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.
- The Influence of Motor Competence on Broader Aspects of Health: A Systematic Review of the Longitudinal Associations Between Motor Competence and Cognitive and Social-Emotional Outcomes.Sports medicine (Auckland, N.Z.) · 2024Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Interventions Related to Body Awareness in Childhood.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Pooled it
- Does Learning Through Movement Improve Academic Performance in Primary Schoolchildren? A Systematic Review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Pooled it
- Effects on Children's Physical and Mental Well-Being of a Physical-Activity-Based School Intervention Program: A Randomized Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Trial
- Effects of a Cognitively Enriched Playful Physical Activity Program on Executive Functions and School Readiness in Preschool Children.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Domain-specific motor skill outcomes following a structured play-based motor intervention in preschool children: a cluster-randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
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- How Does a 12-Week Physical Exercise Program Affect the Motor Proficiency and Cognitive Abilities of Overweight and Normal-Weight Preschool Children?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Motor ability development by integrating small-sided games into physical education class.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
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- Peer Verbal Encouragement Enhances Offensive Performance Indicators in Handball Small-Sided Games.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Integration of Obese Children in Physical Education Sessions: An Exploratory Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Editorial: Motor coordination, cognitive functions, and emotions across the lifespan.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Article
- Bilateral transfer of motor performance as a function of motor imagery training: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychology · 2023Review
- Association of Body Weight and Physical Fitness during the Elementary School Years.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- An Interaction Path of Mothers' and Preschoolers' Food- and Physical Activity-Related Aspects in Disadvantaged Sicilian Urban Areas.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Interrelationship Between Age, Gender, and Weight Status on Motor Coordination in Italian Children and Early Adolescents Aged 6-13 Years Old.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2021Article
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Abstract
Many studies reported a positive relationship between motor skills, cognitive functions, and school performance in school-age children; however, little is known in preschool children. The aim of the present study was to demonstrate the effectiveness of a physical education program (PEP) on locomotor, object control skills, and pre-literacy cognitive functions in a wide population of preschoolers and verify whether weight status could influence these abilities. In the context of the Training-to-Health Project, a sample of 1,029 preschoolers was recruited in kindergartens from the urban area of Palermo (Italy). Their gross motor and pre-literacy skills were tested before (PRE) and after (POST) following 16 weeks (2 h/week) of a PEP, which included ludic-motor activities aimed at developing body awareness and fundamental motor and perceptual-sensory skills. Analyses of variance (ANOVA) were performed to assess the skills before and after the intervention and to evaluate the effect of different categories of weight status on the examined variables. Regression analyses were conducted to confirm the hypothesized interrelationship between motor and pre-literacy skills in the considered sample. Both locomotor/object control and pre-literacy skills were significantly higher in children after the PEP (
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