Motor coordination: influence of age, sex, socio-economic status and levels of adiposity, in peruvian children

• Main Authors: Alcibiades Bustamante Valdivia (Author), Liz Caballero Cartagena (Author), Natalia Enciso Sarria (Author), Ingrid Salazar Távara (Author), André F. Teixeira e Seabra (Author), Rui Manuel Garganta da Silva (Author), José António Ribeiro Maia (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The objective of this study was to describe motor coordination (CoM) levels, in addition to the infl uence of age, socioeconomic status (SES), sex and subcutaneous adiposity on the CoM of Peruvian children aged six to eleven years. The sample size was 4007 children (n=1889 females; n=2118 males) fro...