Effects of the COVID-19 lockdown on portuguese children's motor competence

A Pombo, C Luz, C de Sá, LP Rodrigues, R Cordovil - Children, 2021 - mdpi.com
During long periods without school, children are more susceptible to unhealthy behaviors,
such as an increase in sedentary behaviors, which has a negative impact on children's …

Children's Health, Wellbeing and Academic Outcomes over the Summer Holidays: A Scoping Review

E Eglitis, A Miatke, R Virgara, A Machell, T Olds… - Children, 2024 - mdpi.com
Background: The school day provides a supportive and stimulating environment that may
protect children and adolescents (5–18 years) from behaviours that are adverse for health …

Associations between fundamental movement skills and moderate-to-vigorous intensity physical activity among Chinese children and adolescents with intellectual …

T Wang, Y Qian, T Zhong, J Qi - International Journal of Environmental …, 2022 - mdpi.com
Higher physical activity (PA) levels will obtain more health-related benefits for children and
adolescents with intellectual disabilities (ID). The mastery of fundamental movement skills …

Fundamental movement skills and their assessment in primary schools from the perspective of teachers

L Eddy, LJB Hill, M Mon-Williams… - … in Physical Education …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Evidence suggests that children struggle to acquire age-appropriate fundamental movement
skills (FMS), despite their importance for facilitating physical activity. This has led to calls for …

Developing and validating a school-based screening tool of Fundamental Movement Skills (FUNMOVES) using Rasch analysis

LH Eddy, N Preston, M Mon-Williams, DD Bingham… - PLoS …, 2021 - journals.plos.org
Background A large proportion of children are not able to perform age-appropriate
fundamental movement skills (FMS). Thus, it is important to assess FMS so that children …

The fus test: a promising tool for evaluating fundamental motor skills in children and adolescents

H Makaruk, JM Porter, EK Webster, B Makaruk… - BMC Public Health, 2023 - Springer
Fundamental motor skills (FMS) are essential for enjoyable, confident and skillful
participation in physical activity across the lifespan. Due to the alarming low level of FMS …

Investigating relationships between preschool children's perceived competence, motor skills, and physical activity: A cross-lagged panel model

S Ryu, JE Lee, W Liu, DJ McDonough… - Journal of clinical medicine, 2021 - mdpi.com
Background: Motor skill competence (MSC) and perceived competence (PC) are primary
correlates that are linked with physical activity (PA) participation, yet there is limited …

Bidirectional relationships among children's perceived competence, motor skill competence, physical activity, and cardiorespiratory fitness across one school year

S Ryu, JE Lee, N Zeng, D Stodden… - BioMed Research …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose. The bidirectional associations among children's motor skill competence (MSC),
perceived competence (PC), physical activity (PA), and cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) over …

Student participation in physical activity recess programs in secondary schools

H Drijvers, J Seghers, H van der Mars… - International Journal of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
School recess, a component within the Comprehensive School Physical Activity Program
(CSPAP), provides an opportunity to increase children's physical activity (PA). Although …

[HTML][HTML] Motor skill competence matters in promoting physical activity and health

Z Gao, X Wen, Y Fu, JE Lee, N Zeng - BioMed research …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Children's low physical activity and health-related physical fitness levels may increase their
risk of developing chronic diseases such as type II diabetes and hypertension [1, 2] …