Motor competence and compliance with physical activity recommendations in Chilean schoolchildren
Nicolas Martinez-Lopez,
Isaac Estevan,
Paulina Candia-Cabrera
et al.
Abstract:The development of motor competence is thought to be a crucial precursor to raising the trajectory of PA throughout a person’s life. The objectives of this study are to determine motor competence and the daily time of moderate and vigorous physical activity of students in 5th and 6th grade elementary in Chile, and to establish whether there are differences in motor competence according to sex and compliance with physical activity recommendations. 368 schoolchildren (M = 11.10 years; 54.3% girls) participated. … Show more
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