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AbstractIt is vital from the public health and educational perspective to be familiar with changes in the fitness levels of individuals and populations since fitness is associated with several health outcomes and cognition. Skill‐related physical fitness refers to performance in sports or occupation and is associated with motor skill performance.
Vedrana Sember +6 more
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Scopus, EBSCO, ERIC and British Education Index were interrogated in a systematic review of primary research since 2014 addressing expert practice and outcomes in education and care for young people with special educational needs and disability in the UK.
Laura Clarry, Annie Wood, Tony Long
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Abstract Background Children's participation in physical education (PE) is seen as important for developing an active lifestyle and has been positively linked to academic achievement. Physical activity (PA) levels during PE are thought to be linked to PE‐motivation, although this relation is poorly understood.
Anne G. M. de Bruijn +5 more
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Barriers and Enablers to Weight Management Programmes for Working Men: A Qualitative Study
Gender‐sensitised weight management programmes have been developed to encourage more men to access support. Whilst these programmes have proved successful for some groups of men, they are not a panacea, and the views of men who have never attended any form of structured weight management programme remain unknown. The aim of this research was to explore
Matthew Broughton +3 more
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[Retracted] Effects of Physical Exercise on Physical Fitness and Mental Health of Obese Students
With the rapid development of my country’s economy, the rapid improvement of national living standards, the introduction of western fast food culture, and the modern lifestyle, the detection rate of obese patients in my country has increased year by year.
Junfang Wu, Shao Liang
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Secular trends in muscular fitness from 1983 to 2014 among Slovenian children and adolescents
Low physical fitness has been found to be associated with many chronic diseases and medical conditions. Knowledge of secular trends in physical fitness is important to initiate countermeasures for addressing negative trends. The aim of this study was to analyze secular trends in health‐related muscular fitness in Slovenian children and adolescents ...
Saša Đurić +5 more
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Genetics of somatotype and physical fitness in children and adolescents
Abstract Objectives To analyze the influence of genetic and environmental factors on the variation in somatotype, physical fitness, and their mutual associations. Methods Twins from 214 pairs (87 monozygotic) of the Autonomous Region of Madeira, Portugal, from 3 to 18 years of age (51% girls) were assessed in anthropometry and physical fitness tests ...
Karri Silventoinen +9 more
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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 +6 more
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Physical performance of the students of music schools
Introduction. Broadly understood physical performance constitutes a basis for the techniques of playing musical instruments. All motoric skills are meaningful here as they account for the widely interpreted movement and intellectual efficiency ...
Mateusz Apanowicz
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Test–retest reliability, feasibility and clinical correlates of the Eurofit test battery in people with bipolar disorder [PDF]
The physical health of people with bipolar disorder is poorer in comparison to the general population, with an increased prevalence of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. Due to the established beneficial effects, there is growing interest in the promotion of physical activity and in particular the accurate measurement of physical fitness in this ...
Vancampfort, Davy +7 more
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