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The developmental trajectory of motor competence of children that lived the COVID-19 confinement period: a four-year follow-up study in Portuguese children

dc.contributor.authorCarballo-Fazanes, Aida
dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Luis Paulo
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Rui
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Vitor P.
dc.contributor.authorAbelairas-Gómez, Cristian
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-06T11:10:06Z
dc.date.available2023-01-06T11:10:06Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractChildren’s motor competence (MC) was negatively affected by the COVID-19 pandemic; however, possible chronic effects have not been studied. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine the possible impact of the forced lack of physical activity (PA) during the COVID-19 lockdown on children’s MC two years later. The motor competence of sixty-seven healthy children (7.4–12.2 years old) was assessed using the Motor Competence Assessment (MCA). All participants completed the MCA tests at two different moments (before and after the COVID-19 lockdown), four years apart. The mean values after the COVID-19 lockdown for all participants on the subscales and on the Total MCA are lower, but no significant changes were found when controlling for gender and age (p > 0.05 in all analyses). However, a significant decrease was found in the Locomotor subscale in boys (p = 0.003). After dividing the participants into three age groups, the youngest also suffered a decrease in the Locomotor subscale (p < 0.001) and their Total MCA (p = 0.04). In addition, those participants who had a higher MC at baseline decreased their scores for the Locomotor (p < 0.001) and Manipulative (p < 0.001) subscales, and for the Total MCA (p < 0.001). In conclusion, the younger children and the more motor proficient did not fully recover from the negative effects of the pandemic lockdown after two years.pt_PT
dc.description.sponsorshipAida Carballo-Fazanes was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities under Formación del Profesorado Universitario grant [FPU19/02017] and [EST22/00498]; Cristian Abelairas-Gómez received funding by the MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033/ and ERDF a way to make Europe under the grant [RTI2018-096106-A-I00]. Luis Paulo Rodrigues and Rui Silva received funding from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the Regional Operational Program North 2020 under Project TECH-Technology, Environment, Creativity and Health, Grant number Norte-01-0145-FEDER-000043.pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citationCarballo-Fazanes, Aida; Rodrigues, Luis Paulo; Silva, Rui; Lopes, Vitor P.; Abelairas-Gómez, Cristian (2022). The developmental trajectory of motor competence of children that lived the COVID-19 confinement period: a four-year follow-up study in Portuguese children. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. ISSN 2411-5142. 7:3, p. 1-10pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/jfmk7030064pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn2411-5142
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/26372
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherMDPIpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectCOVID-19 lockdownpt_PT
dc.subjectPhysical activitypt_PT
dc.subjectMotor competencept_PT
dc.subjectMotor competence assessmentpt_PT
dc.subjectResearch Subject Categories::INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS::Sportspt_PT
dc.titleThe developmental trajectory of motor competence of children that lived the COVID-19 confinement period: a four-year follow-up study in Portuguese childrenpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.citation.issue3pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage1pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiologypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume7pt_PT
person.familyNameLopes
person.givenNameVitor P.
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person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-1599-2180
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rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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