The Effect of a 10-Week Physical Activity Programme on Fundamental Movement Skills in 3-4-Year-Old Children within Early Childhood Education Centres.

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dc.citation.issue6
dc.citation.volume8
dc.contributor.authorAli A
dc.contributor.authorMcLachlan C
dc.contributor.authorMugridge O
dc.contributor.authorMcLaughlin T
dc.contributor.authorConlon C
dc.contributor.authorClarke L
dc.contributor.editorDelisle Nyström C
dc.coverage.spatialSwitzerland
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-18T02:36:47Z
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-04T01:41:31Z
dc.date.available2021-05-24
dc.date.available2023-08-18T02:36:47Z
dc.date.available2023-09-04T01:41:31Z
dc.date.issued2021-06
dc.date.updated2023-08-18T02:24:38Z
dc.descriptionCopyright: © 2021 by the authorsen_US
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this study was to examine the effect of a 10-week physical activity (PA) programme, in early childhood education (ECE) settings, on 3 and 4-year-old children's fundamental movement skills (FMS). A further aim was to examine FMS three-months post-intervention. The PA instructors delivered one 45 min session/week over 10 weeks, to 3- and 4-year-old children (n = 46), across four ECE centres. These sessions involved participation from ECE teachers. Children in the control group (CON; n = 20) received no PA classes and completed pre- and post-intervention assessments only. Locomotor (e.g., running/hopping) and object-control (e.g., kicking/throwing) skills were assessed using the Test for Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2), before and after the intervention and, for the intervention group (EXP), at 3 months. Locomotor and object-control skills significantly improved in the EXP group, with typically no change in the CON group. The EXP group's locomotor and object-control skills were maintained at 3 months. The 10-week PA intervention successfully improved 3- and 4-year-old children's FMS.
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dc.edition.editionJune 2021
dc.format.extent440-
dc.identifierARTN 440
dc.identifierchildren8060440
dc.identifierhttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34073725
dc.identifier.citationAli A, McLachlan C, Mugridge O, McLaughlin T, Conlon C, Clarke L. (2021). The Effect of a 10-Week Physical Activity Programme on Fundamental Movement Skills in 3-4-Year-Old Children within Early Childhood Education Centres.. Children (Basel). 8. 6. (pp. 440-).
dc.identifier.doi10.3390/children8060440
dc.identifier.eissn2227-9067
dc.identifier.elements-typejournal-article
dc.identifier.harvestedMassey_Dark
dc.identifier.issn2227-9067
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10179/19980
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherMDPI (Basel, Switzerland)
dc.publisher.urihttps://www.mdpi.com/2227-9067/8/6/440
dc.relation.isPartOfChildren (Basel)
dc.rightsCC BYen_US
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en_US
dc.subjectmotor skills
dc.subjectphysical activity
dc.subjectphysical education
dc.subjectpre-school
dc.subjecttest of gross motor development
dc.titleThe Effect of a 10-Week Physical Activity Programme on Fundamental Movement Skills in 3-4-Year-Old Children within Early Childhood Education Centres.
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.elements-id445983
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