Coordinación motriz e índice de masa corporal en escolares de seis ciudades colombianas

Abstract

A maturational deficit of coordination, with respect to the levels corresponding to chronological age, can lead to a series of disorders in the development of coordinative capacities in the child, when executing motor activities . The objective of the present study was to correlate motor coordination with the Body Mass Index (BMI), in schoolchildren between 10 and 12 years of age in six cities of Colombia . It was a descriptive study with a correlation phase, involving 2651 children, the measurement of motor coordination was performed with the KTK test (Körperkoordinations Test für Kinder), after completion of the consent and informed consent . The results show that the ratio of participants between men and women was 1: 1, the average age was 10,9 ± 0,81 years, and it was found that there are statistically significant differences between motor coordination, BMI and the different study variables and significant and inverse correlations between motor coordination and BMI in all groups of the variables studied .