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ReviewSports (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Poor Motor Competence Affects Functional Capacities and Healthcare in Children and Adolescents with Obesity.

Matteo Vandoni, Luca Marin, Caterina Cavallo, Alessandro Gatti, Roberta Grazi, Ilaria Albanese, Silvia Taranto, Dario Silvestri, Eleonora Di Carlo, Pamela Patanè and 3 more

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Review in Sports (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
16.6field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 21 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. The Health and Physical Education Curriculum: Does It Address Muscular Fitness?Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2026
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  7. The Role of Visual Information Quantity in Fine Motor Performance.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors at 5 institutions in 2 countries.

Matteo VandoniLaboratory of Adapted Motor Activity (LAMA)-Department of Public Health, Experimental Medicine and Forensic Science, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-3405-9364
Luca MarinLaboratory of Adapted Motor Activity (LAMA)-Department of Public Health, Experimental Medicine and Forensic Science, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-4185-7428
Caterina CavalloDepartment of Sport and Exercise Science, LUNEX International University of Health, Exercise and Sports, 50, Avenue du Parc des Sports, 4671 Differdange, Luxembourg.
Alessandro GattiLaboratory of Adapted Motor Activity (LAMA)-Department of Public Health, Experimental Medicine and Forensic Science, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-6628-7938
Roberta GraziPediatric Department, Buzzi Children's Hospital, 20154 Milan, Italy.
Ilaria AlbaneseLaboratory of Adapted Motor Activity (LAMA)-Department of Public Health, Experimental Medicine and Forensic Science, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.
Silvia TarantoPediatric Department, Buzzi Children's Hospital, 20154 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0009-0007-8113-5829
Dario SilvestriDepartment of Research, ASOMI College of Sciences, 2080 Marsa, Malta.
Eleonora Di CarloPediatric Department, Buzzi Children's Hospital, 20154 Milan, Italy.
Pamela PatanèLaboratory of Adapted Motor Activity (LAMA)-Department of Public Health, Experimental Medicine and Forensic Science, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-0481-0946
Vittoria Carnevale PellinoLaboratory of Adapted Motor Activity (LAMA)-Department of Public Health, Experimental Medicine and Forensic Science, University of Pavia, 27100 Pavia, Italy.ORCID 0000-0003-2299-6366
Gianvincenzo ZuccottiPediatric Department, Buzzi Children's Hospital, 20154 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2795-9874
Valeria CalcaterraPediatric Department, Buzzi Children's Hospital, 20154 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2137-5974
University of Pavia · ITOspedale dei Bambini Vittore Buzzi · ITUniversity of Rome Tor Vergata · ITMalta College of Arts, Science and Technology · MTUniversity of Milan · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundFrom a young age, children learn different motor skills known as fundamental motor skills. The acquisition of these skills is crucial for the future development of context-tailored actions that could improve adherence to physical activity (PA) practice. Motor competence and function deficits have been associated with pediatric obesity. We reviewed the literature data regarding motor competence in pediatrics and impaired motor performance in children and adolescents with obesity.

methodsWe assessed the abstracts of the available literature (

resultsChildren and adolescents with obesity show impaired motor performance, executive functions, postural control, and motor coordination. Children's age represents a crucial point in the development of motor skills. Early interventions are crucial to preventing declines in motor proficiency and impacting children's PA and overall fitness levels.

conclusionsTo involve children, the PA protocol must be fun and tailored in consideration of several aspects, such as clinical picture, level of physical fitness, and motor skills. A supervised adapted exercise program is useful to personalized PA programs from an early pediatric age.

Indexed as

motor impairmentsmotor performanceobesityphysical activity levelyouth

Identifiers

PMID38393264
PMCPMC10891969
OpenAlexW4391432469

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