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Flexibility is associated with motor competence in schoolchildren

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dc.contributor.authorLopes, Luís
dc.contributor.authorPóvoas, S.
dc.contributor.authorMota, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorOkely, A.D.
dc.contributor.authorCoelho-e-Silva, M.J.
dc.contributor.authorCliff, D.P.
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Vitor P.
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Rute
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-03T10:12:08Z
dc.date.available2017-04-03T10:12:08Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.date.updated2017-04-01T08:12:28Z
dc.description.abstractAvailable data on the associations between motor competence (MC) and flexibility are limited and result inconclusive. This study aims to examine the relationship between flexibility and MC in children. The sample comprised 596 Portuguese children (47.1% girls) aged 9.7± 0.6 years. Motor competence was evaluated with the body coordination test, Korperkoordination Test fur Kinder. Cardiorespiratory fitness (20-m shuttle run), muscular strength (curl-up and push-up tests), and flexibility (back-saver sit and reach and trunk-lift tests) were evaluated using the Fitnessgram Test Battery. Z-scores by age and gender for the physical fitness tests were constructed. Analysis of variance and regression analysis were performed. Participants in the healthy zone groups of both flexibility tests exhibited significantly better scores of MC than the participants under the healthy zone (P < 0.001). Back-saver sit and reach and trunk-lift Z-scores, either individually or as a sum, were significant predictors of MC (P < 0.05 for all) after adjustments for the other physical fitness components, age, body mass index, and socioeconomic status, in both genders. Our findings highlight the importance of promoting and developing flexibility, as well as the other health-related physical fitness components in schoolchildren to reach adequate levels of MCpt_PT
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dc.identifier9057188en_US
dc.identifier.citationLopes, Luís; Póvoas, S.; Mota, J.; Okely, A.D.; Coelho-e-Silva, M.J.; Cliff, D.P.; Lopes, Vítor P; Santos, R. (2017). Flexibility is associated with motor competence in schoolchildren. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. ISSN 09057188pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/sms.12789pt_PT
dc.identifier.issn9057188
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10198/14188
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherBlackwellpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectSchoolchildrenpt_PT
dc.subjectMotor competencept_PT
dc.titleFlexibility is associated with motor competence in schoolchildrenpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.titleScandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sportspt_PT
person.familyNameLopes
person.givenNameVitor P.
person.identifier.ciencia-id531D-60D6-48BF
person.identifier.orcid0000-0003-1599-2180
person.identifier.ridD-1774-2011
person.identifier.scopus-author-id17435197500
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT
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