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The Effects of Combined Movement and Storytelling Intervention on Motor Skills in South Asian and White Children Aged 5–6 Years Living in the United Kingdom [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Early motor development has an important role in promoting physical activity (PA) during childhood and across the lifespan. Children from South Asian backgrounds are less active and have poorer motor skills, thus identifying the need for early motor ...
Clark, Cain   +7 more
core   +1 more source

Global levels of fundamental motor skills in children: A systematic review

open access: yesJurnal sport science, 2020
Competence in fundamental motor skills (FMS) facilitates physical activity participation and is important for children’s holistic development. This study aimed to systematically review the FMS levels of children worldwide, using the Test of Gross Motor ...
Lisa E Bolger   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

The seven phases of match status differentiate the running performance of soccer players in UEFA Champions League

open access: yesScientific Reports, 2023
The purpose of this research was to investigate the running performance of professional soccer players in relation to seven phases which resulted in the changing or maintaining the match status in the UEFA Champion League games during season 2020/2021 ...
Marek Konefał   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders: Linking Motor and Process Skills, Sensory Patterns, and Psychiatric Symptoms [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Background: Consistent evidence suggests sensory abnormalities and skill deficits in people with Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorder (SSD). Further exploration of their sensory patterns and performance skills is warranted to promote community participation ...
Falk-Kessler, Janet, Halperin, Lola
core   +3 more sources

Exploring the diagnostic accuracy of the KidFit screening tool for identifying children with health and motor performance-related fitness impairments: A feasibility study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2020
Child obesity is associated with poor health and reduced motor skills. This study aimed to assess the diagnostic accuracy of the KidFit Screening Tool for identifying children with overweight/obesity, reduced motor skills and reduced cardiorespiratory ...
Hing, Wayne   +2 more
core   +1 more source

Acute Effects of Verbal Encouragement and Listening to Preferred Music on Maximal Repeated Change-of-Direction Performance in Adolescent Elite Basketball Players—Preliminary Report

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2021
Verbal encouragement (VE) and listening to preferred music (PM) are considered effective ergogenic methods in strength and conditioning, but studies examining the effectiveness of these two methods simultaneously are lacking.
Raouf Hammami   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Determination of optimal load in the Wingate Anaerobic Test is not depend on number of sprints included in mathematical models

open access: yesFrontiers in Physiology, 2023
Determining the optimal load (OPTLOAD) in measuring mechanical peak power output (PPO) is important in assessment of anaerobic fitness. The main goals of this study were: 1) to examine estimated optimal load and PPO based on a force-velocity test and 2 ...
Kamil Michalik   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Oral motor deficits in speech-impaired children with autism [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Absence of communicative speech in autism has been presumed to reflect a fundamental deficit in the use of language, but at least in a subpopulation may instead stem from motor and oral motor issues.
Lisa eGeorge   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

What are Fundamental Motor Skills and What is Fundamental About Them?

open access: yesJournal of Motor Learning and Development, 2020
A review and synthesis of the literature on the learning and development of motor skills supports the postulation that whether a motor skill can be deemed fundamental is dependent on the collective presence of three conditions: (i) uniqueness to the ...
K. Newell
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Analysis of Match Performance of Full-backs from Selected European Soccer Leagues

open access: yesCentral European Journal of Sport Sciences and Medicine, 2015
The aim of the present study was the analysis of match activities of full-backs from selected European national soccer leagues. The study sample comprised 30 full-backs playing in the autumn round of the 2014/15 season from five European national top ...
Marcin Andrzejewski   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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