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Ângela Alves Viegas1, Vanessa Amaral Mendonça1, Juliana Nogueira Pontes Nobre1
1Physical Therapy Department, Faculty of Biological and Health Science, Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Campus JK, Alto da Jacuba, Diamantina, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
Abstract:
Gross motor development in the preschool phase depends on several factors that remain poorly understood. This study aimed to investigate whether level of habitual physical activity (HPA) and global cognitive function (CF) can be used as predictors of gross motor skills in Brazilian preschoolers and to verify their possible mediators. A cross-sectional study was conducted with 166 children, aged 3-5 years. Gross motor skills, HPA, CF and possible mediators (e.g., sex, prematurity) were evaluated. Preschoolers with little HPA, low CF, and girls were more likely to have gross motor performance below expected, but female gender did not mediate HPA or CF. Therefore, HPA and CF, in addition to females, may be independent predictors of delayed gross motor skills in Brazilian preschoolers.
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