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 mu

SUBMITTER: Cazorla-Gonzalez J 

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

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature