Effects of physical activity on children's motor skill development: a systematic review of randomized controlled trials

DJ McDonough, W Liu, Z Gao - BioMed research international, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective. This systematic review synthesized current randomized controlled trials (RCTs)
examining casual evidence regarding the effects of traditional and exergaming‐based …

Fundamental movement skills and physical activity among children living in low-income communities: a cross-sectional study

KE Cohen, PJ Morgan, RC Plotnikoff, R Callister… - International journal of …, 2014 - Springer
Background Although previous studies have demonstrated that children with high levels of
fundamental movement skill competency are more active throughout the day, little is known …

Preschool motor development predicting high school health-related physical fitness: a prospective study

E Vlahov, TM Baghurst… - Perceptual and motor …, 2014 - journals.sagepub.com
To address the obesity epidemic there is an increasing effort to emphasize physical activity
and fitness in adolescence as opposed to fundamental motor skills. However, what effect …

Utilising active play interventions to promote physical activity and improve fundamental movement skills in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis

A Johnstone, AR Hughes, A Martin, JJ Reilly - BMC Public Health, 2018 - Springer
Background Children's physical activity levels are low and efforts to improve their physical
activity levels have proven difficult. Freely chosen and unstructured physical activity (active …

Use of observational learning to promote motor skill learning in physical education: A systematic review

Y Han, SKB Syed Ali, L Ji - … of Environmental Research and Public Health, 2022 - mdpi.com
Observational learning is an effective pedagogical approach that can influence students'
motor skill development at every level of physical education (PE). This study aimed to …

The relationship between motor skill proficiency and body mass index in preschool children

SW Logan, K Scrabis-Fletcher, C Modlesky… - … quarterly for exercise …, 2011 - Taylor & Francis
The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between motor proficiency and
body mass index (BMI) in preschool children. Thirty-eight children ages 4–6 years had their …

Ski** to motor competence: the influence of project successful kinesthetic instruction for preschoolers on motor competence of disadvantaged preschoolers

IH Altunsöz, JD Goodway - Physical Education and Sport …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Background: Preschool children who are at risk have been shown to demonstrate
developmental delays in their fundamental motor skills. The body of research on motor skill …

[PDF][PDF] Examining the impact of a multi-sport camp for girls ages 8–11 with autism spectrum disorder

L Guest, R Balogh, S Dogra, M Lloyd - Therapeutic Recreation Journal, 2017 - bctra.org
Abstract Research on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) has increased significantly over the
past decade; however, rarely does research focus solely on girls with ASD. Girls with ASD …

Gross motor coordination: we have a problem! A study with the körperkoordinations test für kinder in youth (6–13 years)

M Giuriato, V Biino, M Bellafiore, G Battaglia… - Frontiers in …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The main goal of our cross-sectional research was to determine the current values of gross
motor coordination (GMC) of Italian boys and girls between 6 and 13 years of age …