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Improving Motor Competence of Children: The “Super Quinas” Intervention Program in Portuguese Primary Schools

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dc.contributor.authorRodrigues, Luis P.
dc.contributor.authorCordovil, Rita
dc.contributor.authorCosta, Júlio A.
dc.contributor.authorSeabra, André
dc.contributor.authorGuilherme, José
dc.contributor.authorVale, Susana
dc.contributor.authorLuz, Carlos
dc.contributor.authorFlôres, Fábio
dc.contributor.authorLagoa, Maria João
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Gabriel
dc.contributor.authorLopes, Vítor P.
dc.contributor.authorMercê, Cristiana
dc.contributor.authorEsteves, Pedro Tiago
dc.contributor.authorSantos, Sara
dc.contributor.authorCorreia, Vanda
dc.contributor.authorSerrano, João
dc.contributor.authorMendes, Rui
dc.contributor.authorMatos, Rui
dc.contributor.authorLoureiro, Vânia
dc.contributor.authorNeto, Carlos
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-12T13:28:40Z
dc.date.available2025-06-12T13:28:40Z
dc.date.issued2025-04-01en_US
dc.date.updated2025-06-12T09:33:00Z
dc.description.abstractObjectives: The objective of this study was to describe the effects of an extra hour of a structured motor program on the motor competence (MC) of children 6-10 years old.. Design: The need for movement interventions to enhance MC among school-aged children has gained vital importance in the last years, given the negative secular trends reported. Hence, the Portuguese Football Federation organized an intervention program on MC to be implemented on the extracurricular time of the Portuguese primary schools: the Super Quinas program. Methods: Thirty-nine schools from all of Portugal were assigned to intervention and control condition, with a total of 1034 children (6-10 y old) completing all the program (77.7%). The Super Quinas intervention comprised of 1 hour of activity per week, led by a physical educator teacher during extracurricular activities for 12 wees. MC was assessed using the Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) before and at the end of the program (January and April 2023). Normative results of the MCA were used to compare changes between pre and posttest according to experimental or control condition. Results: Results showed a general improvement (P ≤ .001) for all subscales (Locomotor, Manipulative, Stability) and total MCA. More importantly, the experimental group showed significant and positive differences, when compared with the control group, in the Stability (P = .007), Manipulative (P = .015), and total MCA results (P = .018) after controlling for gender, age, and baseline effect. Conclusions: The Super Quinas intervention program proved that adding 1 hour of structured movement program to the regular primary school schedule can lead to greater development of MC in school-age children.por
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dc.identifier.citationRodrigues LP, Cordovil R, Costa JA, Seabra A, Guilherme J, Vale S, Luz C, Flôres F, João Lagoa M, Almeida G, Lopes VP, Mercê C, Esteves PT, Santos S, Correia V, Serrano J, Mendes R, Matos R, Loureiro V, Neto C; MCA Research Team. Improving Motor Competence of Children: The "Super Quinas" Intervention Program in Portuguese Primary Schools. J Phys Act Health. 2025 Jan 27;22(4):436-443. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2024-0484. PMID: 39870080.
dc.identifier.doi10.1123/jpah.2024-0484en_US
dc.identifier.issn1543-3080en_US
dc.identifier.issn1543-5474en_US
dc.identifier.slugcv-prod-4505966
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.8/13208
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.publisherHuman Kinetics
dc.relation.hasversionhttps://journals.humankinetics.com/view/journals/jpah/22/4/article-p436.xml
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subjectmotor development
dc.subjectphysical education
dc.subjectpublic health
dc.subjectsports interventions
dc.titleImproving Motor Competence of Children: The “Super Quinas” Intervention Program in Portuguese Primary Schoolseng
dc.typeresearch articleen_US
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oaire.citation.endPage443
oaire.citation.issue4en_US
oaire.citation.startPage436
oaire.citation.titleJournal of Physical Activity and Healthen_US
oaire.citation.volume22en_US
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person.givenNameRui
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