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Gender Differences on Motor Competence in 5-Year-Old Preschool Children Regarding Relative Age

The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences on motor competence between 5-year-old boys and girls and to investigate the existence of Relative Age Effect (RAE) on their motor competence. A total of 232 preschool children were evaluated of whom 134 (57.8%) were boys and 98 (42.2%) were girl...

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Autores principales: Navarro-Patón, Rubén, Lago-Ballesteros, Joaquín, Arufe-Giráldez, Víctor, Sanmiguel-Rodríguez, Alberto, Lago-Fuentes, Carlos, Mecías-Calvo, Marcos
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8002931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33803697
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063143
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author Navarro-Patón, Rubén
Lago-Ballesteros, Joaquín
Arufe-Giráldez, Víctor
Sanmiguel-Rodríguez, Alberto
Lago-Fuentes, Carlos
Mecías-Calvo, Marcos
author_facet Navarro-Patón, Rubén
Lago-Ballesteros, Joaquín
Arufe-Giráldez, Víctor
Sanmiguel-Rodríguez, Alberto
Lago-Fuentes, Carlos
Mecías-Calvo, Marcos
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description The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences on motor competence between 5-year-old boys and girls and to investigate the existence of Relative Age Effect (RAE) on their motor competence. A total of 232 preschool children were evaluated of whom 134 (57.8%) were boys and 98 (42.2%) were girls. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) was used to collect data. The data show a main effect on gender factor; there was a main effect in total score of manual dexterity (MD; p = 0.010), in total score of balance (Bal; p < 0.001), in total test score (TTS; p < 0.001), and in total percentile score (TPS, p < 0.001). In the semester of birth factor, there were differences in aiming and catching (A&C, p < 0.001), in Bal (p = 0.029) and in total percentile score (TPS, p = 0.010). Girls perform better in MD, Bal, TTS, and TPS than boys. Preschool children born in the first semester obtain, in general, a higher percentage and a higher percentile than their peers born in the second one. RAE is present in A&C, Bal, and TPS, with higher scores obtained by preschool children born in the first semester compared to those born in the second one.
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spelling pubmed-80029312021-03-28 Gender Differences on Motor Competence in 5-Year-Old Preschool Children Regarding Relative Age Navarro-Patón, Rubén Lago-Ballesteros, Joaquín Arufe-Giráldez, Víctor Sanmiguel-Rodríguez, Alberto Lago-Fuentes, Carlos Mecías-Calvo, Marcos Int J Environ Res Public Health Article The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences on motor competence between 5-year-old boys and girls and to investigate the existence of Relative Age Effect (RAE) on their motor competence. A total of 232 preschool children were evaluated of whom 134 (57.8%) were boys and 98 (42.2%) were girls. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) was used to collect data. The data show a main effect on gender factor; there was a main effect in total score of manual dexterity (MD; p = 0.010), in total score of balance (Bal; p < 0.001), in total test score (TTS; p < 0.001), and in total percentile score (TPS, p < 0.001). In the semester of birth factor, there were differences in aiming and catching (A&C, p < 0.001), in Bal (p = 0.029) and in total percentile score (TPS, p = 0.010). Girls perform better in MD, Bal, TTS, and TPS than boys. Preschool children born in the first semester obtain, in general, a higher percentage and a higher percentile than their peers born in the second one. RAE is present in A&C, Bal, and TPS, with higher scores obtained by preschool children born in the first semester compared to those born in the second one. MDPI 2021-03-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8002931/ /pubmed/33803697 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063143 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Arufe-Giráldez, Víctor
Sanmiguel-Rodríguez, Alberto
Lago-Fuentes, Carlos
Mecías-Calvo, Marcos
Gender Differences on Motor Competence in 5-Year-Old Preschool Children Regarding Relative Age
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title_fullStr Gender Differences on Motor Competence in 5-Year-Old Preschool Children Regarding Relative Age
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title_sort gender differences on motor competence in 5-year-old preschool children regarding relative age
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8002931/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33803697
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18063143
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