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Rui Matos; Nuno Amaro; Nataniel Lopes; Pedro Costa; Miguel Jacinto; Filipe Rodrigues; Raul Antunes; Luís Coelho; Sergio J. Ibáñez; Isaac Estevan; Diogo Monteiro – Measurement in Physical Education and Exercise Science, 2025
Our aim in this study was to analyze associations between the two manipulative tests of the Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) battery and the Wall Drop Punt Kick & Catch (WDPK&C) motor task. One hundred and twelve early adolescents (60 boys; 52 girls; M age = 12.67, SD = 1.78 years) participated. Overall, strong correlations were found…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Early Adolescents, Gender Differences, Performance Tests
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Santos, Sara; Monteiro, Diogo – Creativity Research Journal, 2021
The demand for creativity in sports has attracted great interest, looking for factors that predict and release children's creative behavior. Our aim was to determine the effects of motor skills and creative thinking on sports creativity, according to gender and age. 198 children (7.71 ± 1.39 years) were recruited. They completed three motor skills…
Descriptors: Psychomotor Skills, Creative Thinking, Creativity, Athletics
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Orhan, Rustem; Ergin, Murat; Ayan, Sinan; Boyali, Ekrem – Journal of Education and Learning, 2020
The aim of this paper was to examine the selected physical and motoric characteristics of students with mild intellectual disabilities. The total number of the participants was 119 (54 females and 65 males) and the mean age was 10.78 ± 1.88 years. Height, weight, body mass index (BMI), body fat percentage, and body fat mass scores were collected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychomotor Skills, Students with Disabilities, Special Needs Students
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Akyol, Betül – Journal of Education and Training Studies, 2018
The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between six-minute walk test and muscle pain, muscle strength in visually disabled people. The study includes 50 visually disabled people, aged between 17, 21 ± 5,3. Participants were classified into three categories according to their degree of vision (B1, B2, B3). All participants were…
Descriptors: Visual Impairments, Kinesthetic Perception, Human Body, Physical Activities
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Vescovi, Jason D. – Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 2016
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to quantify the locomotor, heart-rate, and metabolic power characteristics of high-level youth female field hockey matches. Method: Players from the U21 and U17 Canadian women's national teams were monitored during a 4-match test series using Global Positioning System technology. Position (forward,…
Descriptors: Athletes, Females, Team Sports, Foreign Countries
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Sweeney, Mary M.; Rass, Olga; DiClemente, Cara; Schacht, Rebecca L.; Vo, Hoa T.; Fishman, Marc J.; Leoutsakos, Jeannie-Marie S.; Mintzer, Miriam Z.; Johnson, Matthew W. – Journal of Child & Adolescent Substance Abuse, 2018
Adolescent cannabis use is associated with working memory impairment. The present randomized controlled trial assigned adolescents ages 14 to 21 enrolled in cannabis use treatment to receive either working memory training (experimental group) or a control training (control group) as an adjunctive treatment. Cognitive function, drug use, and other…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Marijuana, Substance Abuse, Short Term Memory