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lysis of the motor efficiency between overweight otrok in mladostnik – okolje | child and adolescent - environment
and non-overweight preschool children
Ksenija Breg
Elementary School Rudolfa Maistra Šentilj, Kindergarten Šentilj, Mladinska ulica
12, 2212 Šentilj, Slovenia
Introduction: Motor efficiency (ME) is the sum of different motor abilities. ME
is also influenced by fatness. An indicator of fatness is the waist-to-height ra-
tio (WHtR). The purpose of the study was to determine if in the period of one
year differences occur in ME.
Methods: 23 of four to five year old children were tested four times in one year
(May 2016, September 2016, January 2017, May 2017). Children were divid-
ed into non-overweight group (WHtR ≤ 0.50; N = 15) and overweight group
(WHtR ≥ 0.51; N = 8). ME (Z) is presenting a standardized result of 9 motor
tests, which supposedly covers the hole motor status of children.
Results: Fatness of children did not change during the study period. T-test for
independent samples shows that the difference between the two groups at
any testing is not statistically significant (p>0.05). T-test for dependent samples
shows that the ME difference during the first and last testing in both groups of
children is not statistically significant (p > 0.05).
Discussion: To determine possible ME differences among the differently fat
children the research should be extended to a larger sample.
Keywords: preschool child, motor efficiency, fatness
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and non-overweight preschool children
Ksenija Breg
Elementary School Rudolfa Maistra Šentilj, Kindergarten Šentilj, Mladinska ulica
12, 2212 Šentilj, Slovenia
Introduction: Motor efficiency (ME) is the sum of different motor abilities. ME
is also influenced by fatness. An indicator of fatness is the waist-to-height ra-
tio (WHtR). The purpose of the study was to determine if in the period of one
year differences occur in ME.
Methods: 23 of four to five year old children were tested four times in one year
(May 2016, September 2016, January 2017, May 2017). Children were divid-
ed into non-overweight group (WHtR ≤ 0.50; N = 15) and overweight group
(WHtR ≥ 0.51; N = 8). ME (Z) is presenting a standardized result of 9 motor
tests, which supposedly covers the hole motor status of children.
Results: Fatness of children did not change during the study period. T-test for
independent samples shows that the difference between the two groups at
any testing is not statistically significant (p>0.05). T-test for dependent samples
shows that the ME difference during the first and last testing in both groups of
children is not statistically significant (p > 0.05).
Discussion: To determine possible ME differences among the differently fat
children the research should be extended to a larger sample.
Keywords: preschool child, motor efficiency, fatness
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