Change, stability and prediction of gross motor co-ordination in Portuguese children.

Background: The knowledge about intra- and inter-individual variation can stimulate attempts at description, interpretation and prediction of motor co-ordination (MC).

Aim: To analyse change, stability and prediction of motor co-ordination (MC) in children.

Subjects And Methods: A total of 158 children, 83 boys and 75 girls, aged 6, 7 and 8 years, were evaluated in 2006 and re-evaluated in 2012 at 12, 13 and 14 years of age.

Gross motor coordination and weight status of Portuguese children aged 6-14 years.

Objectives: To construct age- and gender-specific percentiles for gross motor coordination (MC) tests and to explore differences in gross MC in normal-weight, overweight and obese children.

Methods: Data are from the "Healthy Growth of Madeira Study," a cross-sectional study carried out in children, aged 6-14 years. All 1,276 participants, 619 boys and 657 girls, were assessed for gross MC (Körperkoordinations Test für Kinder, KTK), anthropometry (height and body mass), physical activity (Baecke questionnaire) and socioeconomic status (SES).

Timing of adolescent somatic maturity and midlife muscle function: a 34-yr follow-up.

Unlabelled: Midlife muscle function is associated with disability and premature mortality later in life. Biological maturity is associated with muscle function during growth; however, it is unknown whether biological maturity during adolescence is associated with muscle mass and function in middle-aged healthy men.

Purpose: The purpose of this study is to evaluate if late maturation during adolescence is associated with better muscle function in middle-aged men.