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Effectiveness of exercise intervention on improving fundamental movement skills and motor coordination in overweight/obese children and adolescents: a systematic review

Han, Ahreum, Fu, Allan, Cobley, Stephen, Sanders, Ross H.·2018·Journal of science and medicine in sport
DOI 10.1016/j.jsams.2017.07.001
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Objectives Childhood obesity is negatively associated with fundamental movement skill and motor coordination, which in turn constrains physical activity participation and adherence thereby forming a 'vicious cycle'. However, developing motor skill and coordination in childhood could help to break the vicious cycle to reduce childhood obesity. The objective of this systematic review was to determine the effectiveness of exercise and physical activity interventions on improving fundamental movement skill and motor coordination in overweight/obese children and adolescents.Design A systematic review with quality assessment.Methods A comprehensive systematic search was conducted from MEDLINE, SPORTDiscus, CINAHL, Scopus, Web of Science, EMBASE without date restriction for randomized control trials, interventions or longitudinal studies of movement skill/motor skill/motor coordination in overweight/obese participants between 0-18 years of age. A total of 3944 publications were screened, and 17 published studies were included.Results Altogether 38 tests for locomotor, object-control, balance and complex task tests were examined in selected studies, with 33 reporting increases after interventions, while only five tests indicated no change. The evidence strongly suggests that exercise/physical activity interventions were effective in improving locomotor skill, object-control skill and complex tasks in overweight/obese peers. However, the results for balance were equivocal.Conclusions Results from existing studies suggest overweight/obese peers have lower levels of fundamental movement skill than their healthy weight peers. However, exercise/physical activity interventions are effective in improving their skills. To maximize skill improvement, we recommend focused fundamental movement skill and motor coordination activities for skill development. These progressions in interventions may help break the vicious cycle of childhood obesity.

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  • Children and adolescents with overweight and obesity benefit from exercise interventions because these interventions improve their cardiometabolic and vascular health, cardiorespiratory fitness and motor skill development.

    “There is evidence indicating that children and adolescents with overweight and obesity benefit from exercise interventions because these interventions improve their cardiometabolic and vascular health, cardiorespiratory fitness62 and motor skill development.63”

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Authors
Han, A., Fu, A., Cobley, S., & Sanders, R. H.
Affiliations
The University of Sydney (AU)
ORCID
Venue
Journal of science and medicine in sport
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2018-01
Volume
21
Issue
1
Pages
89-102
ISSN
1440-2440 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/j.jsams.2017.07.001
OpenAlex
W2726068170
Cited by
142
References
56
Citations by year
2026: 4 · 2025: 14 · 2024: 32 · 2023: 16 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 24 · 2020: 23 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 5
FWCI
1.90
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations
  • Journal of science and medicine in sport (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Physiology › Physical Activity and Health
Keywords
childhood obesity, overweight children, adolescents, basic motor skills, motor coordination, exercise intervention, physical activity interventions, locomotor skills, object control skills, balance, complex motor tasks, physical activity adherence
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Postural Balance, Exercise Therapy, Humans, Motor Skills, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Overweight, Pediatric Obesity

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