Physical activity and movement quality among health sciences students: an exploratory cross-sectional study.

Background: University students often sit for long periods while engaging in variable physical activity (PA). Whether higher PA relates to better movement quality is unclear in Middle East settings. This exploratory cross-sectional study examined associations between PA and Movement quality in health-sciences undergraduates and reported self-reported sitting time from the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ) sitting item (not a validated sedentary-behavior measure). Methods: Students ( Results: A total of 70 students were included in the analysis, of whom 55.7% scored below 14 on the FMS. The average physical activity level was 3,249.17 ± 2,425.61 MET-min/week, and the mean FMS score was 13.21 ± 2.21. In the adjusted linear model, physical activity was not significantly associated with total FMS score ( Conclusions: Physical activity was not significantly associated with movement quality after adjustment for sex, BMI, sitting time, and academic major. These findings suggest that physical activity alone may not independently explain variation in FMS scores in this sample.