Code
01D36609
Duration
01 October 2009 → 01 October 2010
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Social sciences
- Education curriculum
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Medical and health sciences
- Orthopaedics
- Pediatrics and neonatology
- Orthopaedics
- Pediatrics and neonatology
- Public health care
- Public health sciences
- Public health services
- Nursing
- Orthopaedics
- Pediatrics and neonatology
Keywords
children
obesity
motor control
overweight
Project description
Motor competence (gross as well as fine motor skills) in prepubertal boys and girls is studied. Field test for the evaluation of motor competence as well as kinematic analyses in the lab are used. The aim is to investigate whether the mechanical effect of overweight is the only explanation for the supposed lower motor competence in children with overweight and obese children.