Bidirectional, prospective associations between physical activity, fundamental motor skills, and physical fitness in preschool children
Although we found a few bidirectional associations for PA with locomotor skills and motor fitness, our results suggest that promoting MVPA in early childhood can have a positive impact on children's development of fundamental motor skills and physical fitness.
Authors
- Eivind Aadland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9654-2653)
- Elisabeth Straume Haugland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6964-3480)
- Arne Lervåg (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5660-6621)
- Katrine Nyvoll Aadland (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6425-7997)
- Ada Kristine Ofrim Nilsen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0865-7739)
Institutions
- University of Oslo (NO)
- Vestlandsforsking (NO)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-12-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-25871-7
- Primary Topic
- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00