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Effects of Crawling before Walking: Network Interactions and Longitudinal Associations in 7-Year-Old Children.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To study the impact of crawling before walking (CBW) on network interactions among body composition, the cardiovascular system, lung function, motor competence and physical fitness, at age 7, and to assess the longitudinal association between CBW and body composition, the cardiovascular system, lung function, motor competence, physical fitness and physical activity parameters, at age 7.

Method

CBW, body composition, cardiovascular system, lung function, motor competence, physical fitness and physical activity were assessed in seventy-seven healthy Caucasian children.

Results

Network analyses revealed that the crawling group had a greater number of links among all the studied variables compared with the non-crawling group. In the longitudinal study, using multiple regression analyses, crawling was independently associated with fat mass (%), fat-to-muscle ratio and systolic blood pressure, with models explaining up to 56.3%, 56.7% and 29.9% of their variance, respectively.

Conclusions

CBW during child's development is a possible modulator in the network interactions between body systems and it could influence future metabolic and cardiovascular health.

SUBMITTER: Cazorla-Gonzalez J

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9100207 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Effects of Crawling before Walking: Network Interactions and Longitudinal Associations in 7-Year-Old Children.

Cazorla-González Jorge J García-Retortillo Sergi S Gacto-Sánchez Mariano M Muñoz-Castro Gerard G Serrano-Ferrer Juan J Román-Viñas Blanca B López-Bermejo Abel A Font-Lladó Raquel R Prats-Puig Anna A

International journal of environmental research and public health 20220503 9

<h4>Background</h4>To study the impact of crawling before walking (CBW) on network interactions among body composition, the cardiovascular system, lung function, motor competence and physical fitness, at age 7, and to assess the longitudinal association between CBW and body composition, the cardiovascular system, lung function, motor competence, physical fitness and physical activity parameters, at age 7.<h4>Method</h4>CBW, body composition, cardiovascular system, lung function, motor competence ...[more]

PMID: 35564955

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Effects of Crawling before Walking: Network Interactions and Longitudinal Associations in 7-Year-Old Children.

Background

Method

Results

Conclusions

Publications

Effects of Crawling before Walking: Network Interactions and Longitudinal Associations in 7-Year-Old Children.

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