The relationship between social environmental factors and motor performance in 3-to 12-year-old typically develo** children: a systematic review

DFAA Derikx, S Houwen, V Meijers… - International journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
Motor performance during childhood is important for prosperity in life, and the social
environment may contain potentially important and modifiable factors associated with motor …

Neuromuscular electrical stimulation improves muscle strength, biomechanics of movement, and functional mobility in children with chronic neurological disorders: A …

F Cobo-Vicente, AF San Juan… - Physical …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Abstract Objective Chronic neurological disorders (CNDs) generally produce deleterious
effects on the musculoskeletal system and can affect physical activity and increase …

Modeling children's development in gross motor coordination reveals key modifiable determinants. An allometric approach

MAM Dos Santos, AM Nevill… - … journal of medicine …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Children change their body size, shape, and gross motor coordination (GMC) as they grow.
Further, GMC is expected to link to changes in children's body size, physical activity (PA) …

Biological and environmental influences on motor coordination in Peruvian children and adolescents

S Pereira, A Bustamante, C Santos, D Hedeker… - Scientific reports, 2021 - nature.com
This study investigated the associations between biological and environmental factors and
gross-motor coordination (GMC) in Peruvian children and adolescents. The sample …

Developmental and physical-fitness associations with gross motor coordination problems in Peruvian children

RN de Chaves, AB Valdívia, A Nevill, D Freitas… - Research in …, 2016 - Elsevier
The aims of this cross-sectional study were to examine the developmental characteristics
(biological maturation and body size) associated with gross motor coordination problems in …

Tracking of gross motor coordination in Portuguese children

RS Henrique, AV Bustamante, DL Freitas… - Journal of Sports …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study was to investigate the tracking of gross motor coordination (GMC)
and to profile children at 6 years of age who consistently showed higher stability patterns in …

Influence of geographical area and living setting on children's weight status, motor coordination, and physical activity

MC Gallotta, G Zimatore, L Falcioni, S Migliaccio… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
This study was aimed (i) to examine the effect of living setting (rural vs. urban), geographical
area (North vs. Center vs. South), and gender (boys vs. girls) on weight status, motor …

Motor coordination in primary School students: the role of age, sex, and physical activity participation in Turkey

T Canli, U Canli, C Taskin, MI Aldhahi - Children, 2023 - mdpi.com
Motor coordination (MC) is an essential skill underpinning precise and controlled
movements, contributing significantly to daily functioning and overall performance. The …

Biocultural predictors of motor coordination among prepubertal boys and girls

LGO Luz, J Valente-dos-Santos… - … and Motor Skills, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
This study aimed to predict motor coordination from a matrix of biocultural factors for 173
children (89 boys, 84 girls) aged 7–9 years who were assessed with the …

Embodied Interaction Design for Active Play with Young Children: A Sco** Review

N EM Vickery, Y Wang, D Tarlinton, A Blackler… - Proceedings of the 33rd …, 2021 - dl.acm.org
Our research aims to explore the potential that Tangible, Embodied and Embedded
Interactive technologies (TEIs) have as a means of engaging young children in physically …