Chowdhury Sutanu Dutta, Wrotniak Brian H, Ghosh Tusharkanti
a Department of Physiology , Basirhat College , India.
b Center for Health Behavior Research, D'Youville College , Buffalo , New York.
J Mot Behav. 2017 May-Jun;49(3):349-354. doi: 10.1080/00222895.2016.1219308. Epub 2016 Oct 14.
The purpose of this study was to evaluate the relationship between body mass index and motor competence in Santal children 5-12 years old. A total of 816 Santal children were studied. Children's adiposity status was assessed by body mass index (BMI) for age z-score based on World Health Organization reference data. Motor competence was measured using the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Competence (BOT-2). There was no significant difference in mean BMI z-score between Santal boys (0.13 ± 0.07) and girls (-0.14 ± 0.07). Healthy weight (HW) children scored higher (p < .05) in some individual motor subtests (bilateral competence, balance, running speed and agility, upper limb competence, and strength) and in total BOT-2 score (p < .05) compared with scores for underweight (UW) and overweight (OW) children. Nonlinear regression analysis showed that BMI is a significant independent predictor of motor competence (p < .01). Motor competence showed a curvilinear relationship with BMI-z-score, with the lowest point motor scores in strength and upper limb competence (p < .05) for both UW and OW children compared to HW children who scored highest. The results also indicated that gross motor skills, but not fine motor skills, were poorer among children who were UW or OW compared with HW children.
本研究的目的是评估5至12岁桑塔尔族儿童的体重指数与运动能力之间的关系。共对816名桑塔尔族儿童进行了研究。根据世界卫生组织的参考数据，通过年龄别体重指数（BMI）z评分评估儿童的肥胖状况。使用布鲁因inks - 奥塞雷茨基运动能力测试（BOT - 2）测量运动能力。桑塔尔族男孩（0.13±0.07）和女孩（-0.14±0.07）的平均BMI z评分没有显著差异。与体重过轻（UW）和超重（OW）儿童的得分相比，健康体重（HW）儿童在一些个体运动子测试（双侧能力、平衡、跑步速度和敏捷性、上肢能力和力量）以及BOT - 2总分上得分更高（p <.05）。非线性回归分析表明，BMI是运动能力的显著独立预测因素（p <.01）。运动能力与BMI - z评分呈曲线关系，与得分最高的HW儿童相比，UW和OW儿童在力量和上肢能力方面的运动得分最低（p <.05）。结果还表明，与HW儿童相比，UW或OW儿童的大运动技能较差，但精细运动技能不差。
