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Gross motor coordination and their relationship with body mass and physical activity level during growth in Children aged 8-11 years old: a longitudinal and allometric approach.
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- Impact of COVID-19 restrictions on motor coordination in Italian school-aged children.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2026Article
- Motor Coordination in Schoolchildren Aged 6 to 11 in Northwestern Spain. A Cross-Sectional Study Based on Age and BMI.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Effect of Relative Age on Gross Motor Coordination Development, Considering Biological Maturity and Sex.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Gross-Motor Coordination and Executive Functions Development in Soccer and Artistic Gymnastics Preadolescent Female Athletes.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
- A 16-week school-based intervention improves physical fitness in Slovenian children: a randomized controlled trial.Frontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- Motor Skills and Executive Functions in Pediatric Patients with Down Syndrome: A Challenge for Tailoring Physical Activity Interventions.Pediatric reports · 2023Review
- Effects of sports experience on children's gross motor coordination level.Frontiers in sports and active living · 2023Article
- Gross motor coordination in relation to weight status: a longitudinal study in children and pre-adolescents.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- The Most Active Child Is Not Always the Fittest: Physical Activity and Fitness Are Weakly Correlated.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
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Abstract
Background: Gross motor coordination (GMC) is fundamental to the harmonious development of physical skills during the growth of children. This research aimed to explore the developmental changes in GMC during childhood, having controlled for the differences in children's body size and shape using a longitudinal, allometric scaling methodology. Methods: A total of 104 children from North-East Italy of third-fourth- and fifth-grade students and each participant were tested for three consequently years. Subjects performed the short version of korperkoordinationstest fur kinder (KTK3) and the anthropometric characteristics were simultaneously collected. The physical activity questionnaire (PAQ-C) was used to evaluate the weekly physical engagement. Results: Ontogenetic multiplicative models suggested nonlinear associations with GMC across the children's developmental years. Linear physique was a significant predictor associated with the development of GMC across time. PAQ-C was significantly associated with GMC from 8 to 13 years old. Conclusion: Growth does not respect linear trends. A greater lean body mass could be assessed as a reliable predictor of GMC in children. The crucial period of life to improve the GMC is 8-10 years, while stabilization becomes evident from 10 to 13 years.
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