Fundamental Movement Skills and Physical Activity of 3-4-Year-Old Children within Early Childhood Centers in New Zealand
dc.citation.issue | 9 | |
dc.citation.volume | 8 | |
dc.contributor.author | Ali A | |
dc.contributor.author | McLachlan C | |
dc.contributor.author | McLaughlin T | |
dc.contributor.author | Mugridge O | |
dc.contributor.author | Conlon C | |
dc.contributor.author | Mumme K | |
dc.contributor.author | Knightbridge-Eager T | |
dc.coverage.spatial | Switzerland | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-08-17T03:22:03Z | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-09-04T01:41:23Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-08-27 | |
dc.date.available | 2023-08-17T03:22:03Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-09-04T01:41:23Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021-08-27 | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-08-17T02:03:47Z | |
dc.description | Copyright: © 2021 by the authors. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | We sought to describe and explore relationships between fundamental movement skills (FMS) and level of physical activity (PA; light-, medium-, vigorous, and kCal/hour) in preschool children, aged 3-4-years-old, across four early childhood education (ECE) settings. Children's FMS were assessed using the Test for Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2; n = 81) and PA via accelerometers (S = 53). Eighty-four children participated, with 50 in both assessments. The TGMD-2 showed as the children got older, their locomotor skills (p < 0.001, r = 0.512) and object control motor skills (p < 0.001, r = 0.383) improved. Accelerometry showed children were primarily inactive at ECE (78.3% of the time). There were significant correlations between kCal/hour and light (p < 0.001, r = -0.688), moderate (p < 0.001, r = 0.599) and vigorous (p < 0.001, rs = 0.707) activity, and between gross motor quotient and locomotor (p < 0.001, r = 0.798) and object control (p < 0.001, r = 0.367) skills. No correlation was observed between gross motor quotient and kCal/hour. To conclude, children in this cohort were primarily inactive during ECE center hours. Moreover, gross motor quotient was significantly correlated to locomotor and object control skills. | |
dc.format.extent | 742- | |
dc.identifier | ARTN 742 | |
dc.identifier | children8090742 | |
dc.identifier | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34572174 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Ali A, McLachlan C, McLaughlin T, Mugridge O, Conlon C, Mumme K, Knightbridge-Eager T. (2021). Fundamental Movement Skills and Physical Activity of 3-4-Year-Old Children within Early Childhood Centers in New Zealand.. Children (Basel). 8. 9. (pp. 742-). | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.3390/children8090742 | |
dc.identifier.eissn | 2227-9067 | |
dc.identifier.elements-type | journal-article | |
dc.identifier.harvested | Massey_Dark | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2227-9067 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10179/19962 | |
dc.language | eng | |
dc.publisher | MDPI (Basel, Switzerland) | |
dc.relation.isPartOf | Children (Basel) | |
dc.rights | CC BY 4.0 | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | en_US |
dc.subject | TGMD-2 | |
dc.subject | Test of Gross Motor Development | |
dc.subject | accelerometry | |
dc.subject | motor skills | |
dc.subject | physical education | |
dc.subject | preschool | |
dc.subject | wellbeing | |
dc.title | Fundamental Movement Skills and Physical Activity of 3-4-Year-Old Children within Early Childhood Centers in New Zealand | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
pubs.elements-id | 448383 | |
pubs.organisational-group | Other |
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