Morales Hector, Velasquez Moises, Negrete Samira, Kelly Louise A
Department of Exercise Science, College of Arts and Sciences, California Lutheran University, Thousand Oaks, CA 91360, USA.
Healthcare (Basel). 2023 Nov 23;11(23):3028. doi: 10.3390/healthcare11233028.
Investigation of fundamental movement skills (FMS) and physical fitness differences among Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White elementary school children.
This study included 194 children aged between 4 and 11 in kindergarten, 2nd, and 5th grades. For evaluable participants, -tests were used to test potential differences in fitness or fundamental movement skills.
There were significant group differences across the participants in terms of age, height, body mass index (BMI), BMI percentile, arm circumference, and waist circumference. In addition, there were significant differences between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White groups in terms of catching, running, dodging, punting, and two-hand striking ('s < 0.05). Lastly, there were significant differences between Hispanic and Non-Hispanic White in pull-ups, push-ups, and sit-ups ('s < 0.05).
Our study shows Hispanic children have lower fundamental movement skills and physical fitness compared to their Non-Hispanic White peers. As poor fundament movement skills and physical fitness at such a young age may lead to adverse implications for their physical fitness and health in adulthood. Future studies should focus on increasing fitness, and FMS in Hispanic elementary school children.
调查西班牙裔和非西班牙裔白人小学生的基本运动技能（FMS）和身体素质差异。
本研究纳入了194名年龄在4至11岁之间的幼儿园、二年级和五年级儿童。对于可评估的参与者，使用t检验来测试身体素质或基本运动技能的潜在差异。
参与者在年龄、身高、体重指数（BMI）、BMI百分位数、上臂围和腰围方面存在显著的组间差异。此外，西班牙裔和非西班牙裔白人组在接球、跑步、躲闪、踢球和双手击球方面存在显著差异（P<0.05）。最后，西班牙裔和非西班牙裔白人在引体向上、俯卧撑和仰卧起坐方面存在显著差异（P<0.05）。
我们的研究表明，与非西班牙裔白人同龄人相比，西班牙裔儿童的基本运动技能和身体素质较低。由于在如此小的年龄就有较差的基本运动技能和身体素质可能会对他们成年后的身体健康产生不利影响。未来的研究应侧重于提高西班牙裔小学生的身体素质和FMS。
