Sang-Hee Lee, Ki Sook Kim, Ji Sung Lee, Juneyoung Lee, Soon Duck Kim
RISK FACTORS AND INCIDENCE OF FALLS AMONG FIFTH- AND SIXTH-GRADE CHILDREN IN SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA
The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health
investigated direct indirect crosssectional associations physical activity fundamental motor skills executive functions early numeracy preschoolers participants 214 preschoolers aged three five years time spent moderate vigorous physical activity measured hipworn accelerometers fundamental motor skills using tasks assessing locomotor object control stability skills inhibitionswitching working memoryupdating components executive functions assessed computerised tests standardised test used assess early numeracy path analyses used examine direct indirect associations constructs results showed stability skills indirectly positively associated early numeracy inhibitionswitching 007 p 005 95 ci 002 014 locomotor skills working memoryupdating 013 p 0001 95 ci 006 020 vigorous physical activity positively associated early numeracy locomotor skills working memoryupdating 004 p 001 95 ci 001 007 negatively associated early numeracy inhibitionswitching 006 p 005 95 ci 011 002highlights locomotor skills positively associated early numeracy working memoryupdatingstability skills positively associated early numeracy inhibitionswitchingvigorous physical activity indirectly associated early numeracy positively locomotor skills working memoryupdating negatively inhibitionswitching