Fundamental Movement Skills and Physical Activity of 3-4-Year-Old Children within Early Childhood Centers in New Zealand

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dc.citation.issue9
dc.citation.volume8
dc.contributor.authorAli A
dc.contributor.authorMcLachlan C
dc.contributor.authorMcLaughlin T
dc.contributor.authorMugridge O
dc.contributor.authorConlon C
dc.contributor.authorMumme K
dc.contributor.authorKnightbridge-Eager T
dc.coverage.spatialSwitzerland
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-17T03:22:03Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-04T01:41:23Z
dc.date.available2021-08-27
dc.date.available2023-08-17T03:22:03Z
dc.date.available2023-09-04T01:41:23Z
dc.date.issued2021-08-27
dc.date.updated2023-08-17T02:03:47Z
dc.descriptionCopyright: © 2021 by the authors.en_US
dc.description.abstractWe 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.extent742-
dc.identifierARTN 742
dc.identifierchildren8090742
dc.identifierhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34572174
dc.identifier.citationAli 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.doi10.3390/children8090742
dc.identifier.eissn2227-9067
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn2227-9067
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/19962
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.relation.isPartOfChildren (Basel)
dc.rightsCC BY 4.0en_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectTGMD-2
dc.subjectTest of Gross Motor Development
dc.subjectaccelerometry
dc.subjectmotor skills
dc.subjectphysical education
dc.subjectpreschool
dc.subjectwellbeing
dc.titleFundamental Movement Skills and Physical Activity of 3-4-Year-Old Children within Early Childhood Centers in New Zealand
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id448383
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