Gross motor coordination in relation to weight status and age in 5- to 12-year-old boys and girls: A cross-sectional study

International Journal of Pediatric Obesity

Volumn 6, Issue 2 -2, 2011, Pages

  D'Hondt, Eva ^a,b   Deforche, Benedicte ^a,b,c   Vaeyens, Roel ^a   Vandorpe, Barbara ^a   Vandendriessche, Joric ^a   Pion, Johan ^a   Philippaerts, Renaat ^a   De Bourdeaudhuij, Ilse ^a   Lenoir, Matthieu ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH FOUNDATION FLANDERS FWO   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Age factor; Body mass index; Children; Motor skills; Obesity; Overweight

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GROSS MOTOR COORDINATION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR CONTROL; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OBESITY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD;

AGE FACTORS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BELGIUM; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; OBESITY; OVERWEIGHT;

EID: 78650856628     PISSN: 17477166     EISSN: 17477174     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/17477166.2010.500388     Document Type: Article

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