ArticleBMC pediatrics2021
Associations between body composition and fundamental motor skill competency in children.
Article in BMC pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT06016296 (Effects of Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention on Fundamental Motor Skills, Language Development and Physical Activity Level in Children Aged 3 to 6 Years), which is not on this map. Cited by 23 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Effects of Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention on Fundamental Motor Skills, Language Development and Physical Activity Level in Children Aged 3 to 6 Years: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Who cites it
23 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Relationship Between Fundamental Motor Skill Proficiency and the Development of Overweight and Obesity in Normally Developing Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026Pooled it
- Correlation of fundamental movement skills with health-related fitness elements in children and adolescents: A systematic review.Frontiers in public health · 2023Pooled it
- Overweight and Obesity and Their Association with Neurodevelopmental Delay Among Preschoolers.Epidemiologia (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Association Between Consumption of Foods/Food Groups and the Risk of Overweight/Obesity and Metabolically Unhealthy Obesity in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- The Influence of Biological Age and Sex on Gross Motor Skill Development in Young Athletes: A Pilot Study.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- An Analysis of Hip and Knee Joint Movement Characteristics in Overweight Individuals During Sit-to-Stand Transfers-Based on Statistical Parametric Mapping: An Exploratory Study.Life (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Identification of preschool children's physical fitness phenotypes and their association with multidimensional body shape indicators: a data-driven approach with risk prediction modeling.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- Changes in aerobic capacity to prepubertal children in sports 12-month training period.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Body Composition and Adiposity in Children with Down Syndrome Compared to Typically Developing Children: The Association with Their Motor Performance.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Parasympathetic decreases immediately following self-reported cannabis smoking among adults living with cannabis use disorder.International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology · 2025Article
- Executive function skills predict motor competence in preschool children.BMC pediatrics · 2025Article
- The Linea Alba Width, Children's Physical Activity, and Chosen Anthropometric Measurements: The Results of the Cross-Sectional Study.Pediatric reports · 2025Article
- Learning to Cycle: Body Composition and Balance Challenges in Balance Bikes Versus Training Wheels.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- Effects of an 8-Week Active Play Intervention on Body Composition and Fundamental Motor Skills in Preschool Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Effects of Swimming Exercise on Early Adolescents' Physical Conditioning and Physical Health: A Systematic Review.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024Review
- Do Gender and BMI Affect the Motor Skills of Five-Year-Old Preschoolers Differently?Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Differences and Relationship between Body Composition and Motor Coordination in Children Aged 6-7 Years.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Normative values of motor performance and their relationship with BMI status in Hong Kong preschoolers.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- The relationship in early childhood body composition and physical activity levels regarding fundamental motor skill development.BMC pediatrics · 2023Article
- Effects of Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention on Fundamental Motor Skills, Language Development and Physical Activity Level in Children Aged 3 to 6 Years: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundEvidence supports an inverse relationship between weight status and motor competence, but most work utilizes body mass index as the proxy for weight status. Body mass index fails to account for essential components of body composition, which may be critical for motor performance. The purpose of this investigation was to examine the relationship between fundamental motor skills competency and body composition (i.e., fat mass, fat percentage, and fatfree mass) as measured by bio-electrical impedance analysis and body mass index in children.
methodsTwo hundred forty-four children from the Southeastern portion of the United States participated in this project (6.05 ± 2.01 years, 53.3% male). Fundamental motor skills were measured using the Test of Gross Motor Development - 2nd edition and body composition was assessed with the Tanita SC-331S Body Composition Analyzer (bio-electrical impedance analysis). Body mass index was calculated using CDC normative growth charts.
resultsBio-electrical impedance analysis measures accounted for 23.1%, F(3, 241) = 24.10, p < .001 and 2.7%, F(3, 241) = 2.22, p = .086 variance in locomotor and object control subscales, respectively; body mass index accounted for 8.4% (locomotor) and 0.1% (object control) variance. For the Test of Gross Motor Development -2nd edition total score, bio-electrical impedance analysis measures accounted for 24.4% F(3, 241) = 25.90, p < .001 compared to body mass index which accounted for 7.9% F(1, 244) = 20.86, p < .001 of the variance. Only fat free mass (p < .001) was a significant predictor for locomotor skills and total models for the Test of Gross Motor Development - 2nd edition; BMI was also a significant predictor (p < .001) in both the locomotor and total models.
conclusionsDifferent components of body composition (i.e., fat free mass) were associated with different aspects of fundamental motor skills competency. Excess body fat may be a morphological constraint to proficient locomotor performance when transporting the body through space. In contrast, body composition did not significantly predict object manipulation performance. More work is needed to understand the causality and directionality of this relationship; however, bio-electrical impedance analysis accounts for more variance in fundamental motor skills performance than body mass index in a field-based setting.
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