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The Link Between Motor Competence BMI and Physical Fitness School-age Children

NCT06531239 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 271

Last updated 2024-08-14

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Summary

The term "physical fitness" in youngsters describes their general health and capacity for movement. It consists of elements including flexibility, muscular strength and endurance, cardiovascular endurance, and body composition. Children that are physically fit can run, jump, climb, and play without becoming fatigued easily. The body mass index is a metric used to determine how much a person weighs in connection to their height.

Motor competence assesses an individual's ability to accomplish various motor skills and movements. The project aims to study the development and competency of motor skills, as well as factors influencing them, such as physical fitness and training. A cross sectional study will be conducted in different schools of Lahore through convenient sampling. Data will be gathered from a healthy population of age 5 to 8 years. Children with dementia and other mental disorders are excluded. BMI and IPAC-SF tools are used for data collection. Various types of physical activities including walking, moderate intensity and vigorous intensity exercises are used. Data will be analyzed by SPSS 26 version.

Conditions

  • Children, Only

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Riphah International University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rimsha Majid, MS · Riphah International University

Eligibility

Min Age
5 Years
Max Age
8 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-05-28
Primary Completion
2024-07-20
Completion
2024-07-30

Countries

  • Pakistan

Study Locations

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