A5074961307- Children's Physical and Motor Development
- Writing and Handwriting Education
- Physical Education and Gymnastics
- Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
- Physical Activity and Health
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
- Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
- Education Pedagogy and Practices
- Nutrition and Health in Aging
- Physical Education and Pedagogy
- Health, Education, and Aging
- Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Youth Development and Social Support
- Reading and Literacy Development
- Assistive Technology in Communication and Mobility
- Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- French Language Learning Methods
- Inclusion and Disability in Education and Sport
University of Évora
2018-2023
The purpose of this study was to analyze the relationship between quality and speed handwriting process characteristics children in second grade elementary school considered as a function age gender. A sample 57 (mean 7.25 years, SD 0.43) participated study. Concise Assessment Method for Children's Handwriting (BHK) used assess handwriting. were assessed using MovAlyzeR® software. boys showed significantly greater number strokes slanted more right than girls. correlated with several...
Despite the general agreement that interdisciplinary model of physical education (PE), based on incorporation core academic subjects into PE curriculum, stimulates holistic development students, there is still a lack methods for its implementation. Therefore, Eduball was created, i.e., method uses educational balls with printed letters, numbers, and other signs. Numerous studies have shown children participating in activities Eduballs can develop their fitness while simultaneously improving...
A significant number of institutionalized children have behavior problems. Socio-emotional skills are fundamental for their adaptation and success throughout life usually weakened in this population. Equine-assisted services (EAS) a form therapeutic mediation that facilitates requires the practitioner's participation, contributing to promotion various psychomotor socio-emotional dimensions. This study was developed during 17 sessions EAS with intervention, which took place individually...
Abstract Background Fall risk assessment and determination of older adults’ individual profiles are crucial elements in fall prevention. As such, it is essential to establish cutoffs reference values for high low according key factor outcomes. This study main objective was determine the physical fitness, body composition, activity, health condition environmental hazard outcome interval stratified community-dwelling adults. Methods Five-hundred Portuguese adults (72.2 ± 5.4 years) were...
<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common of dementia, and has associated cognitive motor disorders, with consequences on daily activities, including handwriting. Handwriting been used to study fine control or executive functioning in healthy unhealthy populations. Changes this skill are present at different stages clinical course Disease. Sensorimotor deterioration observed handwriting tasks (motion kinematics, such as movement time, speed, profiles) brain...
This article describes the translation and cultural adaptation process of WRITIC (Writing Readiness Inventory Tool in Context) into European Portuguese. We examined content convergent validity, test-retest, interrater reliability on norm-referenced subdomain Portuguese (PT) Task Performance (TP). To establish we consulted six experts handwriting. Internal consistency was found with 70 children, test-retest 65, inter-rater 69, validity 87. All participants were typically developing...
A Psicomotricidade ao incutir um olhar global e integrador sobre as diversas dimensões do desenvolvimento individuo, permite uma união entre a expressão corporal atividade mental. relação corpo-psique constrói-se longo da nossa existência, mais ou menos harmoniosamente, imagem corpo evolui num movimento de integração experiências vida, numa combinação três tempos: passado, presente futuro (Potel, 1999).
A Psicomotricidade ao incutir um olhar global e integrador sobre as diversas dimensões do desenvolvimento individuo, permite uma união entre a expressão corporal atividade mental. relação corpo-psique constrói-se longo da nossa existência, mais ou menos harmoniosamente, imagem corpo evolui num movimento de integração experiências vida, numa combinação três tempos: passado, presente futuro (Potel, 1999)...
Introdução: Os programas de adaptação ao meio aquático parecem ser benéficos para o desenvolvimento das crianças. Apesar a maioria dos implementado apenas por um técnico, alguns autores salientam importância da parceria pedagógica nestes programas. Objetivos: O presente estudo pretendeu analisar os efeitos programa aquático, num modelo pedagógica, na competência motora crianças idade pré-escolar. Método: Foi realizado quase-experimental em que participaram 50 (25 no Grupo Controlo e 25...
Esta obra constitui uma ferramenta fundamental para todos os profissionais que trabalham em meio aquático, com pessoas diversidade funcional. Baseado numa adaptação do Método Acuático Compreensivo (Moreno-Murcia y Ruiz, 2019), autores disponibilizam um número significativo de atividades (145), vertente lúdica, por entenderem esta facilitador aprendizagem.