Title Associations of early-age children’s motor development with their mothers’ physical activity /
Translation of Title Ankstyvojo amžiaus vaikų motorinės raidos sąsajos su jų motinų fiziniu aktyvumu.
Authors Budrienė, Lina ; Aukštikalnis, Tomas ; Gedvilienė, Ieva ; Šemetaitė, Agneta
DOI 10.33607/rmske.v2i29.1422
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Is Part of Reabilitacijos mokslai: slauga, kineziterapija, ergoterapija.. Kaunas : Lietuvos sporto universitetas. 2023, t. 2, Nr. 29, p. 24-33.. ISSN 2029-3194. eISSN 2538-8673
Keywords [eng] children ; mothers ; motor development ; physical activity
Abstract [eng] Background. Physical activity and movement are key factors in motor development. The physical activity of parents is associated with the physical activity of their children. The aim. To determine the correlations between the motor development of ear-ly-age children and the level of physical activity of mothers. Methods. 32 early-age children (from 6 months to 36 months) were assessed for motor development according to the Peabody (PDMS-2) movement test. The physical activity of the children’s mothers was assessed according to the International Physical Activity Questionnaire. The child’s motor development and physical activity were assessed using a questionnaire for mothers. Results. The average value of the motor development coefficient of early-age children was 107.66±7.02 points; 53 percent of children reached an average level of motor development, and 47 percent of children’s motor development level was rated above average. The average value of the physical activity of the mothers was evaluated as a high level of physical activity and was 3638.09±2191.31 MET. 44 percent of mothers have a high level of physical activity, 53 percent – an average and 3 percent. – low. Conclusions. The coefficient of motor development was higher in those early-age children whose parents’ physical activity level was moderate or high. It was established that the less time parents devote to intense or moderately intense physical activity, the less time they devote to children’s physical activity; the more time mothers spend walking, the more time children spend outside.
Published Kaunas : Lietuvos sporto universitetas
Type Journal article
Language Lithuanian
Publication date 2023
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