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  • Motor Skill Proficiency, Performance and Participation in Children with Physical Disabilities

    Creator:
    Ross, Samantha M.
    Abstract:
    Background: Mastery of fundamental motor skills (FMS) in childhood is proposed to facilitate participation in physical activity (PA) opportunities, through context-specific application of FMS (Clarke & Metclafe, 2002; Stodden et al., 2008). Children with disabilities impacting motor skill development thus are at greater risk for low PA participation. Evidence indicates...
    Resource Type:
    Masters Thesis
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    Children with Physical Disabilities Abstract approved: Megan MacDonald Background

  • Wearable Device Users with and without Disabilities and their Physical Activity Behaviors

    Creator:
    Leung, Willie C.
    Abstract:
    The importance of physical activity is well documented (Haskell et al., 2009a; McReynolds & Rossen, 2004; Steinbeck, 2001). Despite physical activity’s benefits, many individuals are not meeting current weekly physical activity guidelines recommending ≥ 150 minutes of moderate or ≥ 75 minutes of vigorous aerobic physical activity and 2 or...
    Resource Type:
    Dissertation
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    : _____________________________________________________________________ Megan MacDonald John Schuna The