@article{uneatlantico420,
         journal = {International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health},
           title = {Gender Differences on Motor Competence in 5-Year-Old Preschool Children Regarding Relative Age},
            year = {2021},
          number = {6},
          author = {Rub{\'e}n Navarro-Pat{\'o}n and Joaqu{\'i}n Lago-Ballesteros and V{\'i}ctor Arufe-Gir{\'a}ldez and Alberto Sanmiguel-Rodr{\'i}guez and Carlos Lago-Fuentes and Marcos Mec{\'i}as-Calvo},
          volume = {18},
           pages = {3143},
           month = {Marzo},
        abstract = {The aim of this study was to evaluate the differences on motor competence between 5-year-old boys and girls and to investigate the existence of Relative Age Effect (RAE) on their motor competence. A total of 232 preschool children were evaluated of whom 134 (57.8\%) were boys and 98 (42.2\%) were girls. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) was used to collect data. The data show a main effect on gender factor; there was a main effect in total score of manual dexterity (MD; p = 0.010), in total score of balance (Bal; p {\ensuremath{<}} 0.001), in total test score (TTS; p {\ensuremath{<}} 0.001), and in total percentile score (TPS, p {\ensuremath{<}} 0.001). In the semester of birth factor, there were differences in aiming and catching (A\&C, p {\ensuremath{<}} 0.001), in Bal (p = 0.029) and in total percentile score (TPS, p = 0.010). Girls perform better in MD, Bal, TTS, and TPS than boys. Preschool children born in the first semester obtain, in general, a higher percentage and a higher percentile than their peers born in the second one. RAE is present in A\&C, Bal, and TPS, with higher scores obtained by preschool children born in the first semester compared to those born in the second one},
             url = {http://repositorio.uneatlantico.es/id/eprint/420/},
        keywords = {Relative age effect, Childhood, Motor competence, Manual dexterity, Aiming and catching, Balance, Movement assessment battery for children-2 (MABC-2)}
}