Crescimento e desempenho motor em pre-escolares de Itapira SP : um enfoque bio-social-cultural

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

1997

RESUMO

The purpose of this study was basically to analyse, by transversal approach, the behavior of variables that make evident the development factors, motor performance, emphasizingthe social-cultural features, at children in preschool age, living at Itapira city, São Paulo State. Searching comparisons to other studies related to age and area, 1.543 children were studied, both girls and boys, at age between 3 and 7; most of them registered in preschool grade of the city. The development factors were deterrnined from weight measure, height, sitting height, bone width, limb of the body circunferences and skinfold thickness quantity at biciptal, triciptal, subescapular, suprailiaca, abdominal and calf medial sites. The motor performance was verified by right and left manual hand grip tests, standing long jump, flexibility (sit and reach), shutle run (9,14m) and 20 meters running. For social-culturals points it was a used a questionnaire, that aimed to identify the child familiar enviroment, the familiar interrelations, housewood, health condition, alimentation and motor tasks. The investigated children presented, in geral, weight and heigth superior to the reference population (NCHS), as well as compared to other children of national studies. Nevertheless, they presented coincidence as for the evolutive behavior of these variables. The bone width and limbs circunferences measures, when compared to national and international data, mostly, are favorable to the children of this study. On subcutaneous fold measures, the values got in this invetigation were superior to the comparative studies. Some evidences of other researsches are followed that although the girls presented higher subcutaneous fatness quantity than the boys, they envolve in the same way. On motor performance tests, the results were favorable to Itapira s children and the tendencies for improvement related to age and difference between sex, are identical to other studies. Regarding to social-culturals points, it was identified that the city has good quality of life, therefore, there ins t, factor that could justify the injury at development process and motor performance of children. It is thought, then, due to the population doesn t have hight purchasing power, in general way, this intervence for good quality of public service offered to the citizens; thereby, the people can get favorable refletions at welfare indicators for childish population

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capacidade motora nas crianças educação fisica - avaliação crescimento humano

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