ArticleScientific reports2024
The effects of structured coordinative exercise protocol on physical fitness, motor competence and inhibitory control in preschool children.
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- Effects of a 10-Week Wushu Program on Static, Dynamic, and Dual-Task Balance and Physical Fitness in Preschool Children.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- A study on the impact of childhood obesity on health-related physical fitness through motor coordination-related functional pathways.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Article
- The association between motor coordination, physical fitness, and cognitive function in preschool children: physical fitness as a key bridge between motor coordination and executive function.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
- 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
- Effects of a Twelve-Week Complementary Sports Program to Athletics Training on Motor Competence in Children Aged 6 to 10 Years Old-A Study Protocol.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Are There Differences in Motor Coordination Among Spanish Primary School Students?Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2025Article
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The aim of the study was to evaluate the effects of a structured coordinative exercise intervention based on motor skill elements on physical fitness (PF), motor competence (MC) and inhibitory control (IC) in preschool children. A total of 41 kindergarten children (27 boys and 17 girls) aged between 5 and 6 years participated and were divided into exercise (EG; n = 18) and control (CG; n = 23) groups. The exercise group participated in a structured coordinative exercise programme focusing on locomotor and balance skills such as side-stepping, galloping, jumping and running for 30 min, 2 days a week for 8 weeks. The control group followed the normal curriculum. Children participated in measurements before and after 8 weeks, respectively; motor competence was assessed using the Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder (KTK3+) test battery, which includes eye-hand coordination and other coordinative skills. Physical fitness was measured by balance, agility and vertical jump tests. Inhibitory control was assessed using the Go/NoGo test in the Early Years Toolbox. As a result of the two-factor analysis of variance for mixed measures to determine whether being in the exercising group had a significant effect on the test scores, group by time interaction effect showed that the increase in the scores of the exercise group was significantly higher than that of the control group in the parameters of static balance, KTK sideways jump and KTK eye-hand coordination [respectively: F
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