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Taylor, SL, Downs, SJ, Rudd, JR, McGrane, B, Melville, CA, McGarty, AM, Boddy, LM and Foweather, L (2023) Associations between motor competence and physical activity levels of children with intellectual disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorder: Movement matters. Journal of Intellectual Disabilities. ISSN 1744-6295
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Abstract
Motor competence is important for lifelong physical activity (PA). The current study aimed to examine associations between PA and motor competence. In total, 43 children aged 7–12 years with intellectual disabilities and/or autism spectrum disorder completed anthropometric measures, the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-2, and wore a wrist accelerometer to capture total PA, moderate-to-vigorous PA (MVPA), average acceleration, and intensity gradient. No significant associations were found between PA outcomes and motor competence. Motor competence performance was commonly ‘below average’ or ‘average’. The weakest subtests were upper limb coordination and strength. The strongest subtest was running speed and agility. Total weekly MVPA was 336.1 ± 150.3 min, higher than UK recommendations of 120-180 per week for disabled children and young people. Larger scale studies are needed to better understand the relationship between PA and motor competence. Future research should also consider the influence of environmental factors on PA in this group.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | 1110 Nursing; 1303 Specialist Studies in Education; Education; Rehabilitation |
| Subjects: | Q Science > QP Physiology R Medicine > RC Internal medicine > RC1200 Sports Medicine H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology > HV697 Protection, assistance and relief > HV888 Children with disabilities |
| Divisions: | Sport & Exercise Sciences |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| SWORD Depositor: | A Symplectic |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Sep 2023 15:21 |
| Last Modified: | 21 Sep 2023 15:21 |
| DOI or ID number: | 10.1177/17446295231203764 |
| URI: | https://researchonline.ljmu.ac.uk/id/eprint/21532 |
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