The associations among fundamental movement skills, self-reported physical activity and academic performance during junior high school in Finland

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 33, Issue 16, 2015, Pages 1719-1729

  Jaakkola, Timo ^a   Hillman, Charles ^b   Kalaja, Sami ^a   Liukkonen, Jarmo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

Author keywords

academic performance; fundamental movement skills; physical activity

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYSIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SELF REPORT;

ADOLESCENT; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EXERCISE TEST; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MOTOR ACTIVITY; MOVEMENT; SELF REPORT; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84931571923     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2015.1004640     Document Type: Article

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