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Dynamic Relationships Between Motor Skill Competence and Health-Related Fitness in Youth
- Source :
- Pediatric Exercise Science. 26:231-241
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Human Kinetics, 2014.
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Abstract
- This cross-sectional study examined associations among motor skill competence (MSC) and health-related fitness (HRF) in youth. A convenient sample of 253 boys and 203 girls (aged 4–13 years) participated in the study. Associations among measures of MSC (throwing and kicking speed and standing long jump distance) and a composite measure of HRF (push-ups, curl-ups, grip strength and PACER test) across five age groups (4–5, 6–7, 8–9, 10–11 and 12–13 yrs.) were assessed using hierarchical regression modeling. When including all children, throwing and jumping were significantly associated with the composite HRF factor for both boys and girls (throw, t = 5.33; jump, t = 4.49) beyond the significant age effect (t = 4.98) with kicking approaching significance (t = 1.73, p = .08). Associations between throwing and kicking speed and HRF appeared to increase from early to middle to late childhood age ranges. Associations between jumping and HRF were variable across age groups. These results support the notion that the relationship between MSC and HRF performance are dynamic and may change across childhood. These data suggest that the development of object control skills in childhood may be important for the development and maintenance of HRF across childhood and into adolescence.
- Subjects :
- Male
Multi-stage fitness test
Adolescent
Physical fitness
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
medicine.disease_cause
Developmental psychology
Grip strength
Jumping
medicine
Humans
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Child
Motor skill
Models, Statistical
business.industry
Multilevel model
Age Factors
Regression analysis
Cross-Sectional Studies
Motor Skills
Physical Fitness
Child, Preschool
Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
Regression Analysis
Female
Psychology
business
Throwing
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 15432920 and 08998493
- Volume :
- 26
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pediatric Exercise Science
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....74e670a8cd4f48ce160abb11568e4f39
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1123/pes.2013-0027