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Relationship Between Fundamental Movement Skills and Body Mass Index in 7-To-8 Year-Old Children
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Siahkouhian, Marefat Mahmoodi, Hiva Salehi, Masoud |
| Copyright Year | 2011 |
| Abstract | Purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between fundamental movement skills (FMS) and body mass index (BMI) of the 7-to-8 year-old children. We used randomized study design to answer the study questions. Eight Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) of 200 children were assessed; four locomotor skills (run, gallop, hop, horizontal jump) and four object control skills (striking a stationary ball, catch, kick, overhand throw) using the Test of Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2). BMI was calculated from the height (m) and weight (kg) (weight/ height ) for each participant. Raw scores of the participants' fundamental 2 movement skills were correlated with BMI in all subjects. Similarly, significant negative correlations were found between the raw scores of the locomotor skills subtest and BMI; whereas correlations were not found between strike, catch, kick and BMI. The hypothesis of a perceptual-motor deficit in obese children is rather speculative and must therefore be addressed further. |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.idosi.org/wasj/wasj15(9)11/22.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
