Childhood Motor Skill Proficiency as a Predictor of Adolescent Physical Activity

Journal of Adolescent Health

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 252-259

  Barnett, Lisa M ^a   van Beurden, Eric ^b,c   Morgan, Philip J ^d   Brooks, Lyndon O ^c   Beard, John R ^a,c,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b North Coast Area Health Service New South Wales Government Department of Health   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^e NEW YORK ACADEMY OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Child; Fundamental movement skill; Longitudinal; Motor skill; Organized physical activity; Physical activity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LOCOMOTION; MALE; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DEVELOPMENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 60349086315     PISSN: 1054139X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2008.07.004     Document Type: Article

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