Physical fitness and overweight in Israeli children with and without developmental coordination disorder: Gender differences |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Professions, Ono Academic College, Israel;2. School of Occupational Therapy, Hebrew University Jerusalem, Israel;3. Alyn Hospital, Pediatric & Adolescent Rehabilitation Center, Jerusalem, Israel;4. Division of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, College of Health Professions, University of Southern California, LA, USA;5. Research Institute for Health and Medical Professions, Ono Academic College, Israel;1. Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, Ditmanson Medical Foundation Chia-Yi Christian Hospital, Chia-Yi, Taiwan;2. Department of Senior Citizen Service Management, Chia Nan University of Pharmacy & Science, Tainan, Taiwan;3. Department of Business Administration and Language Education Center, Chang Jung Christian University, Tainan, Taiwan;4. Department of Otolaryngology, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan;5. Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, National Cheng Kung University Hospital, Tainan, Taiwan;6. Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan;1. Department of Rehabilitation Sciences and Physiotherapy, Ghent University, Campus Heymans, Ghent University Hospital, 2B3, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium;2. Centre of Human Genetics, University Hospitals Leuven, & Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven, Campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, B-3000 Leuven, Belgium;3. Department of Movement and Sports Sciences, Ghent University, Watersportlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium;4. Department of Experimental Psychology, Ghent University, Henri Dunantlaan 2, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium;5. Center for Medical Genetics, Ghent University Hospital, De Pintelaan 185, B-9000 Ghent, Belgium;1. Center for Interdisciplinary Brain Sciences Research, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Stanford University, School of Medicine, 401 Quarry Road, Stanford, CA 94305, United States;2. Department of Radiology, Stanford University, School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford, CA 94305, United States;3. Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, School of Medicine, 300 Pasteur Drive, Stanford CA 94305, United States;1. Department of Toxicology and Pharmacology, School of Pharmacy, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences, Hamadan, Iran;2. Iranian Research Center on Aging, University of Social Welfare and Rehabilitation Sciences, Tehran, Iran;3. Faculty of Rehabilitation Sciences, Hamadan University of Medical Sciences & Health Services, Hamadan, Iran;1. Department of Health Sciences, Autonomous University of Ciudad Juarez, Anillo Envolvente del PRONAF y Estocolmo s/n, Ciudad Juárez 32310, Chihuahua, Mexico;2. School of Sciences of Physical Culture, Autonomous University of Chihuahua, Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, Mexico;3. Biomedicine Unit, School of Higher Studies Iztacala, National Autonomous University of México, Tlalnepantla, Mexico;1. University of Nevada-Renoc, United States;2. Auburn University, United States |
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| Abstract: | Physical fitness and overweight among children has become paramount in the general population and more so in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). The purpose of the current study was to examine the association between physical fitness and overweight in a sample of Israeli children in comparison to typical children, and to examine gender differences. DCD was identified through total scores on the movement assessment battery for children 2 (MABC-2) equal to or less than the 16th percentile as well as parents’ report that the child's deficits in motor skills interfered with at least two daily life activities. The sample included a group of children with DCD (n = 22, M age = 8.70 SD = 1.36], 16 boys 73%]) and a control group of typical children (n = 47, M age = 8.90 SD = 1.52], 34 boys 72%]). Measures included the strength subtest of the Bruininks–Oseretsky test of motor proficiency (BOT-2), the six minutes’ walk test (6MWT) with heart rate measure, BMI and the percentage of body fat. Significant differences between DCD and typical children were found on all variables of physical fitness and weight. A two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) analysis (group/gender) also revealed significant interactions for the percentage of body fat (F = 8.51, p < .005) and BMI (F = 4.50, p < .038) meaning that less fit children are more obese. The current study supports previous findings that children with DCD are less physically fit and more overweight compared to typically developing children. Moreover, in comparing between the genders, the girls in the study sample weighed more and had a significantly higher percentage of body fat than boys, it is essential to further our understanding of the relationships between obesity, physical fitness and gender among children with and without DCD. |
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| Keywords: | Developmental coordination disorder Physical fitness Overweight Gender BMI Body fat |
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