Associations between thick motor skills and academic school performance of Votuporanga – São Paulo

• Autor(a) principal: Costa, Leonardo Gasques Trevisan
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Pereira, Hiandra da Silva, Indalécio, Anderson Bençal, Freire, Fábia, Lima, Elionaldo Bringel, Barros, Natanael Pereira, Gorla, José Irineu
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Desenvolvimento Humano
• Texto Completo: https://revistas.unilasalle.edu.br/index.php/saude_desenvolvimento/article/view/6160
• topic: Motor Skills; Academic Performance; Child Development; àrea dasaúde; educação física.; Habilidade motora; desempenho acadêmico; escolares

Introduction: Delays in motor skills can impair cognitive, social and emotional development. On the other hand, well-developed motor skills help the cognitive functioning of children.Objective: To analyze the associations between thick motor skills and academic performance in Brazilian schoolchildren.Method: The sample consisted of 929 children of both sexes (5 to 11 years). Anthropometric measurements were performed (weight, height, waist circumference) and motor skills were measured by the KTK test. The habitual level of physical activity was assessed by means of a questionnaire and academic performance by school records.Results and conclusions: demonstrated that schoolchildren with good or very good motor coordination have 7.9 more chances of obtaining good or excellent academic concept in Portuguese and mathematics when compared to students with disturbance or Motor insufficiency. It was concluded that there was a positive relationship between gross motor skills and academic performance of schoolchildren.