Luís Lopes|Rute Santos|Beatriz Pereira|Vítor P. Lopes
Associations between gross Motor Coordination and Academic Achievement in elementary school children
University of Minho|Instituto Superior da Maia|Universidade do Porto|University of Minho|Polytechnic Institute of Bragança
aimed evaluate relationship gross motor coordination mc academic achievement aa sample portuguese children aged 912 years study took place 20092010 school year involved 596 urban children 281 girls north portugal aa assessed using portuguese language mathematics national exams gross mc evaluated krperkoordination test fr kinder cardiorespiratory fitness predicted maximal multistage 20m shuttlerun test fitnessgram test battery body weight height measured following standard procedures socioeconomic status based annual family income logistic regression used analyze association gross mc aa 516 sample exhibited mc disorders mc insufficiency none participants showed good mc genders children insufficient mc mc disorders exhibited higher probability low aa compared normal good mc p05 trend adjusting cardiorespiratory fitness body mass index socioeconomic status