Correlation between Gross Motor Proficiency and Body Composition in Children with Down Syndrome | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine | ||
| Article 14, Volume 89, Issue 1, October 2022, Pages 4235-4239 PDF (465.24 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.256328 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Esraa S. Abd-ElSamea; Gehan M. Abd El-Maksoud; Shimaa M. Refeat | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: People with Down syndrome seem to have a lower physical fitness than their peers without disabilities. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of gross motor proficiency to body composition in children with Down syndrome through the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-Second Edition (BOT-2). Subjects and Methods: Twenty children with Down syndrome, aged from 6 to 9 years old of both sexes were participated in this study. They were selected from the public and special needs schools, Cairo government. Assessment of gross motor proficiency using Burininks-Osertsky Test of Motor Proficiency-Second Edition was performed. Results: The results of this study indicated that gross motor proficiency, after controlling for age and gender, is negatively associated with health-related measures including waist circumference, while there was weak non significance relationship between gross motor proficiency and Body Mass Index. Conclusion: From the obtained result of this study, it could be concluded that there is a significant correlation between gross motor proficiency and waist circumference in children with Down syndrome. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Body composition; Down syndrome; Gross Motor Proficiency | ||
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