Project

Exploring the nature of motor competence in a variety of individuals and groups

Code
bof/baf/4y/2024/01/262
Duration
01 January 2024 → 31 December 2025
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Research disciplines
  • Medical and health sciences
    • Behavioural neuroscience
    • Epidemiology
Keywords
motor competence epidemiology motor development
 
Project description

The research project aims to document the level of motor competence in individuals and groups irrespective of age, from the perspective that motor competence is an underexplored research domain, an observation that contrasts with the importance of this developmental domain in the life span of each individual: daily life, sports, passtime activities, school or work. In this research, the three classic phases are systematically tackled: 

1)  documentation of the level of motor competence in all age groups, typically and atypically developing children, adolescents, adults, and elderly

2) exploration of the correlates and determinants of motor competence differences

3) development, piloting, evaluation, and implementations of sustainable interventions aimed at the improvemend of motor competence