A Narrative Review of Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: What We Know and What We Need to Find Out
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents
2.1. Motor Competence and Its Health- and Developmental-Related Associations in Children and Adolescents
2.1.1. What We Know
2.1.2. What We Need to Find Out
2.2. Assessment of Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents
2.2.1. What We Know
2.2.2. What We Need to Find Out
2.3. Prevalence and Trends of Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents
2.3.1. What We Know
2.3.2. What We Need to Find Out
2.4. Motor Competence and Its Correlates and Determinants in Children and Adolescents
2.4.1. What We Know
2.4.2. What We Need to Find Out
2.5. Motor Competence Interventions in Children and Adolescents
2.5.1. What We Know
2.5.2. What We Need to Find Out
2.6. Translating Motor Competence Research into Practice and Policy
2.6.1. What We Know
2.6.2. What We Need to Find Out
3. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Lopes, L.; Santos, R.; Coelho-e-Silva, M.; Draper, C.; Mota, J.; Jidovtseff, B.; Clark, C.; Schmidt, M.; Morgan, P.; Duncan, M.; et al. A Narrative Review of Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: What We Know and What We Need to Find Out. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010018
Lopes L, Santos R, Coelho-e-Silva M, Draper C, Mota J, Jidovtseff B, Clark C, Schmidt M, Morgan P, Duncan M, et al. A Narrative Review of Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: What We Know and What We Need to Find Out. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021; 18(1):18. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010018
Chicago/Turabian StyleLopes, Luís, Rute Santos, Manuel Coelho-e-Silva, Catherine Draper, Jorge Mota, Boris Jidovtseff, Cain Clark, Mirko Schmidt, Philip Morgan, Michael Duncan, and et al. 2021. "A Narrative Review of Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents: What We Know and What We Need to Find Out" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 18, no. 1: 18. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010018