The association between childhood motor performance and developmental trajectories of sport participation over 5 years in Danish students aged 6-16-year-old.

ABSTRACT: Sports participation has potential to promote physical activity in youth. Unfortunately, sports participation and physical activity may decline from childhood to adolescence and into adulthood. Globally, only 20% of 13-15-year-olds meet the World Health Organisation recommendations for physical activity. This study aimed to investigate the 5-year trajectories of sports participation and their association with baseline motor performance in Danish school children as part of the Childhood Health Activity and Motor Performance School Study-Denmark (CHAMPS-DK), a school-based physical activity intervention study which investigated the health benefits of increased physical education lessons. Five distinct trajectories were identified, with group 1 maintained a stable trajectory of little to no s

SUBMITTER: Lykkegaard CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10009835 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature