Physical fitness and developmental coordination disorder in Greek children.
Abstract
We investigated whether children with suspected Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD+) demonstrate different physical fitness levels compared with their normal peers (DCD-). Randomly recruited Greek children (n = 177) were assessed for body mass index (BMI), flexibility (SR), vertical jump (VJ), hand strength (HS), 40m dash, aerobic power, and motor proficiency. ANCOVA revealed a motor proficiency (i.e., DCD group) effect for BMI (p < .01), VJ (p < .01), and 40m speed (p < .01), with DCD+ children demonstrating lower values than DCD-. Differences between DCD+ and DCD- were also obtained in log-transformed HS (p < .01). These findings suggest that intervention strategies for managing DCD should also aim at physical fitness increases.Citation
Pediatric exercise science 2009, 21 (2):186-95Publisher
Human Kinetics, Inc.Journal
Pediatric exercise sciencePubMed ID
19556624Type
Journal articleLanguage
enISSN
0899-8493Collections
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