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Competencies for a Healthy Physically Active Lifestyle—Reflections on the Model of Physical Activity-Related Health Competence

Journal of Physical Activity and Health, 2020
Background: The World Health Organization’s Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018–2030 states that physical activity interventions should strengthen peoples’ competencies for health. Yet, frameworks that bundle pivotal competencies for a healthy and physically active lifestyle have not been extensively discussed in the past.
Johannes, Carl, Gorden, Sudeck, Klaus, Pfeifer   +2 more
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Physical Therapy Competencies in Rheumatology

Physical Therapy, 1985
Physical therapists and rheumatologists in the United States were surveyed to determine what they perceived as the necessary competencies in rheumatology for the entry-level physical therapist. Physical therapists in clinical education programs (n = 100), those who belonged to the Arthritis Health Professionals Association (n = 108), and ...
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Motor Competence and Physical Fitness in Adolescents

Pediatric Physical Therapy, 2014
In this study we examined the relationship between physical fitness and motor competence in adolescents aged 15 to 16 years.A sample of 94 adolescents participated in the study. To test motor competence, the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 was used. Physical fitness was assessed using the following test items: standing broad jump, 20-m dash,
Ordís, Gísladóttir, Monika, Haga, Hermundur, Sigmundsson   +2 more
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Movement competence: Association with physical self-efficacy and physical activity

Human Movement Science, 2020
The purpose of this paper was to investigate whether physical self-efficacy mediates the relationship between movement competence (fundamental movement skills and perceived movement skill competence) and physical activity in children.A purposive sample of 860 children (47.7% female, 10.9 ± 1.16 years) were recruited and completed assessments for ...
Cameron, Peers, Johann, Issartel, Stephen, Behan, Noel, O'Connor, Sarahjane, Belton   +4 more
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Development of Domains of Competence and Competencies for Physical Therapist Education

Journal of Physical Therapy Education
Background and Purpose. Competency-based education (CBE) has been gaining widespread acceptance as a viable method for transforming education within health professions. The purpose of this report is to describe the process we used to develop a set of domains of competence and associated competencies for physical therapists. The
Steven B, Ambler, Tamara L, Burlis, B Ruth, Clark, Gregory W, Holtzman, Patricia Navarro, McGee, Jody S, Frost, Jessica L, Randolph, Barbara J, Norton, Carey L, Holleran   +8 more
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Older Adults' Desire for Physical Competence

Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise, 2006
To develop and provide initial psychometric support for a 16-item measure that assesses a new construct termed desire for physical competence (DPC).A total of 157 older adults (aged 60-95) were administered the DPC along with various other questionnaires that assessed demographics, health status, social desirability, desire for control, body ...
W Jack, Rejeski, Edward H, Ip, Jeffrey A, Katula, Laura, White   +3 more
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Modelling and Assessing Experimental Competencies in Physics

2013
Experimental work is regarded as an essential part of physics education. Standards and curricula demand the development of students’ experimental competencies. There is a need for models describing experimental competencies and for valid methods of assessment based on these models.
Theyßen, Heike, Schecker, Horst, Gut, Christoph, Hopf, Martin, Kuhn, Jochen, Labudde, Peter, Müller, Andreas, Schreiber, Nico, Vogt, Patrik   +8 more
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