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Siblings’ Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers [PDF]

Children, 2021
The number of single-child families has been rising steadily in recent years, resulting in a childhood absent of sibling relationships. Being an only child has been shown to have a negative impact on physical fitness, somatic fitness, and motor ...
Luis P. Rodrigues, Carlos Luz, Rita Cordovil, Rui Mendes, Rita Alexandre, Vítor P. Lopes   +5 more
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENERAL PERCEIVED MOTOR COMPETENCE, PERCEIVED COMPETENCE RELATIVE TO MOTOR SKILL AND ACTUAL MOTOR COMPETENCE IN CHILDREN

Journal of Physical Education, 2017
The aim was to investigate the relationship among the general perceived motor competence (GPMC), the perceived competence relative to tasks (PCRT), the actual motor competence (AMC), and the gender in children.
Glauber Carvalho Nobre, Paulo Felipe Ribeiro Bandeira, Nadia Cristina Valentini   +2 more
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Motor Skill Competence and Perceived Motor Competence: Which Best Predicts Physical Activity among Girls?

Iranian Journal of Public Health, 2013
The main purpose of this study was to determine which correlate, perceived motor competence or motor skill competence, best predicts girls' physical activity behavior.A sample of 352 girls (mean age=8.7, SD=0.3 yr) participated in this study.
Zeinab Khodaverdi, Abbas Bahram, Hassan Khalaji, Anoshirvan Kazemnejad   +3 more
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Motor competence explains the variance in biomechanical variables related to anterior cruciate ligament injury risk, with distinct predictors for male and female athletes [PDF]

Journal of Experimental Orthopaedics
Purpose Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) injuries have consistently been linked to specific kinetic and kinematic patterns, including elevated vertical ground reaction forces, increased knee abduction angle and moment (dynamic valgus), reduced knee ...
Behzad Mohammadi Orangi, Aref Basereh, Mansoureh Shahraki, Altay Ulusoy, Paul A. Jones   +4 more
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Thinking, Feeling, and Moving in Kindergarten Children: How Motor Competence Shapes Executive Function Skills and Emotion Comprehension in Girls [PDF]

Children
Background/Objectives: Increased screen time partially replaces social interaction, physical activity, and outdoor play in kindergarten children, leading to a risk of decreased cognitive, emotional, and motor skills.
Elena A. Chichinina, Aleksander N. Veraksa, Olga V. Almazova, Linda S. Pagani   +3 more
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Motor Competence in Autistic Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder [PDF]

Children
Background/Objectives: Children with autism exhibit deficits in fundamental motor skills, which are intensified when associated with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Objective: To correlate motor competence in children with autism, autism
Jadiane Dionisio, Cristina dos Santos Cardoso de Sá, Susana Lúcio, Gabriela Neves de Almeida, Rita Cordovil   +4 more
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Associations Between Relative Age, Siblings, and Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents [PDF]

Children
Background: Motor competence is a key determinant of children’s physical, cognitive, and social development, and it is influenced by various biological and environmental factors.
Daniel González-Devesa, José Carlos Diz-Gómez, Pedro Vicente-Vila, Marta Domínguez Fernández, Miguel Rodríguez Rodríguez, Rocío Carballo-Afonso, Miguel Adriano Sanchez-Lastra, Carlos Ayán-Pérez   +7 more
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Association between motor competence, and the rating of perceived exertion in male young adults [PDF]

Journal of Men's Health, 2023
The purpose of this study was two-fold: (i) to analyze the relationship between motor competence (i.e., a person’s ability to be proficient in different gross motor skills) and the rating of perceived exertion (RPE), which represents the physiological
Fábio Saraiva Flôres, Denise Soares, Virgínia Teixeira Hermann, Clandio Timm Marques, Nuno Casanova, Renata Willig, Joana Lourenço, Priscila Marconcin, Ana Filipa Silva, Rafael Oliveira   +9 more
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Motor Competence in Children With and Without Ambliopia

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2021
The purpose of this study was to assess the motor competence of children with and without amblyopia. Study participants were 165 primary school children, aged 6–9 years, divided into three groups based on their visual acuity with the Snellen chart: (a) non-amblyopia, (b) corrected amblyopia, and (c) non-corrected amblyopia.
Cristina dos Santos Cardoso de Sá, Carlos Luz, André Pombo, Luís Paulo Rodrigues, Rita Cordovil   +4 more
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What do the parents perceive, and how it affects children’s motor competence? An exploratory study in 5 to 11 years old south Brazilian children

Motricidade, 2023
The present study examines sex differences regarding children's self-perceptions and motor competence (locomotor and object control subtests), parents' perceptions about their boys’ and girls’ competence, and the associations among these variables ...
Aline Martins, Fábio Flôres, Nadia Valentini, Fernando Copetti   +3 more
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