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Relationship between Motor Competence, Physical Fitness, and Academic Achievement in Young School‐Aged Children

BioMed Research International, Volume 2021, Issue 1, 2021., 2021
Children in schools are facing many academic challenges. Moreover, there is constant pressure on children and parents to maximize academic achievement. We aimed to determine the relationship between motor competence, physical fitness, and academic achievement in young school‐aged children. Participants were 130 elementary school children (mean ± SD8.60
Maja Batez, Živan Milošević, Ivan Mikulić, Goran Sporiš, Draženka Mačak, Nebojša Trajković, Xu Wen   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Five-year cost-effectiveness analysis of the European Fans in Training (EuroFIT) physical activity intervention for men versus no intervention

International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2020
Objectives Increasing physical activity reduces the risk of chronic illness including Type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and certain types of cancer. Lifestyle interventions can increase physical activity but few successfully engage men.
Spyros Kolovos, Aureliano P. Finch, Hidde P. van der Ploeg, Femke van Nassau, Hana M. Broulikova, Agni Baka, Shaun Treweek, Cindy M. Gray, Judith G. M. Jelsma, Christopher Bunn, Glyn C. Roberts, Marlene N. Silva, Jason M. R. Gill, Øystein Røynesdal, Willem van Mechelen, Eivind Andersen, Kate Hunt, Sally Wyke, Judith E. Bosmans   +18 more
doaj   +1 more source

Effects of the EuroFit program

MOJ Sports Medicine, 2022
The "EuroFit" program, which lasted one school year, was applied to a sample of eleven- and twelve-year-old boys. Motor tests were measured at the beginning and end of the school year. The motor tests that were monitored at the beginning and end of the school year related to; 'Flamingo' balance-FTR (test of general balance), Hand tapping-PLT (test of ...
openaire   +1 more source

Judo teknik antrenmanı ve oyunların 8–10 yaş grubu erkek çocukların fiziksel gelişim düzeyleri üzerine etkisi

Spormetre Beden Eğitimi ve Spor Bilimleri Dergisi, 2013
Çalışmanın amacı, 8-10 yaş grubu erkek çocuklarda judo ve oyunla eğitimin çocukların fiziksel gelişimleri üzerine etkilerinin incelenmesidir. Araştırma grubunu daha önce hiçbir fiziksel egzersiz programına katılmayan toplam 44 gönüllü çocuk oluşturmuştur.
Tamer Sökmen, Erkal Arslanoğlu, Temel Çakıroğlu   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

PSY101 - LONG-TERM COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF EUROFIT VERSUS WAITING LIST [PDF]

Value in Health, 2018
Objectives: Male obesity is on the rise, but few men take part in weight loss programmes. One reason for this could be the absence of gender‐sensitised interventions for men. This study aims to investigate the long‐term cost‐effectiveness of EuroFIT, a gender sensitised weight loss and healthy living programme for male football (soccer) fans, compared ...
Finch, A.P., Wyke, S., Kolovos, S., van der Ploeg, H., van Nassau, F., Bosmans, J.E.   +5 more
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ADAPTED EUROFIT TESTS: REPRESENTATION OF PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT OF DIFFERENT AGE CHILDREN GROUPS AT ST. KLIMENT OHRIDSKI PRIVATE PRIMARY SCHOOL – SPEED [PDF]

Trakia Journal of Sciences, 2020
The proposed study presents an adapted Eurofit test of speed. It is used to monitor the development of speed in children groups distributed by age. The increase of the indicated quality has been established as a result of the test application during two ...
D. Peeva
doaj   +1 more source

Developmental change in motor competence : a latent growth curve analysis [PDF]

, 2019
Background: The development of childhood motor competence demonstrates a high degree of inter-individual variation. Some children's competence levels increase whilst others' competence levels remain unchanged or even decrease over time.
Bardid, Farid, Coppens, Eline, D'Hondt, Eva, Deconinck, Frederik, Haerens, Leen, Lenoir, Matthieu, Stodden, David   +6 more
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A Comparison of Children’s Fitness in the Northwest and Southwest of England [PDF]

, 2014
The data from this paper was gathered from a larger cross-sectional study examining children’s physical activity participation in the Northwest and the Southwest of England. The purpose of this study was to carry out a battery of health and fitness tests
Boyle, Spencer
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Wheat Growing and Quality in Organic Farming [PDF]

, 2011
This chapter will present criteria of the selection of suitable varieties for the organic farming system, depending on land and climatic conditions of a farm, current legislation, availability of seeds, options of the final use, etc. Data in this chapter
Capouchova, Ivana, Konvalina, Petr, Moudry, Jan, Stehno, Zdenek   +3 more
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Reduced physical fitness in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes [PDF]

, 2012
SUMMARY Aims: To evaluate motor performance and cardiorespiratory function in youths with type 1 diabetes in comparison with age-matched control group; and to analyse the influence of physical activity level, anthropometric and physical fitness ...
Barkai László (1958-) (gyermekgyógyász), Barkai, László, Fodor, Bertalan, Juhász, Eleonóra, Lukács, Andrea, Mayer, Krisztina, Varga, Beatrix   +6 more
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