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Iva Šeflová; Josef Chudoba; Michael Duncan; Aleš Suchomel; Václav Bunc – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2025
This study aimed to understand the motor competence (MC) level of Czech school-age children determined using the product-oriented Bruininks--Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (second edition) and to analyze the gender and age differences. The MC level in n = 637 children aged 6.0--11.0 years (46.6% girls) was evaluated using total motor…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Psychomotor Skills, Children, Preadolescents
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Monica Nelson – Sport, Education and Society, 2025
The differences in strength development processes and maximum strength levels between cisgender men and women -- i.e. the 'strength gap' -- are considerably fraught topics, with significant implications for our broader understandings of sex and gender. The polarization of exercise science and sociocultural research about the relationships between…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Gender Differences, Training, Human Body
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Chiaki Ohtaka; Motoko Fujiwara – Journal of Motor Learning and Development, 2024
Purpose: This cross-sectional study aimed to investigate the ability to adjust grip strength by comparing the characteristics of force generation and relaxation from childhood to adulthood. Method: This study included 225 participants aged 6, 11, 17, and 19-23 years (adults) who performed isometric hand-grip force as follows: maximum, half…
Descriptors: Muscular Strength, Children, Adolescents, Young Adults
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Hannah R. Thompson; Joni Ladawn Ricks-Oddie; Margaret Schneider; Sophia Day; Kira Argenio; Kevin Konty; Shlomit Radom-Aizik; Yawen Guo; Dan M. Cooper – Journal of School Health, 2025
Background: Data missingness can bias interpretation and outcomes resulting from data use. We describe data missingness in the longest-standing US-based youth fitness surveillance system (2006/07-2019/20). Methods: This observational study uses the New York City FITNESSGRAM (NYCFG) database from 1,983,629 unique 4th-12th grade students (9,147,873…
Descriptors: Physical Fitness, Data Interpretation, Statistical Bias, Youth
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Kyle T. Ganson; Alexander Testa; Rachel F. Rodgers; Dylan B. Jackson; Jason M. Nagata – Journal of School Health, 2024
Background: This study aimed to investigate the association between violent sexual victimization and muscle-building exercise among adolescents. Methods: Cross-sectional data from the 2019 National Youth Risk Behavior Survey (N = 8408) were analyzed. Two indicators of non-dating-related sexual violence (lifetime, past 12 months), along with one…
Descriptors: Violence, Sexual Abuse, Victims of Crime, Adolescents
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Xin Zhang; Xiaofen D. Hamilton; Zach Taylor; Jianmin Guan; Michael Hodges; Shuhua Qu; Yong Huang – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Purpose: The study aimed to test the overall changes of health-related fitness (HRF) in minority Chinese college students and to examine HRF differences in gender, race, and year in college. Method: Participants (n = 1320) were minority college students with more than two-thirds females (ie 76.1%), and Hui, Tibetan, and Mongolia consisted of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Physical Fitness, Health