Abd-ElSamea, E., Abd El-Maksoud, G., Refeat, S. (2022). Correlation between Gross Motor Proficiency and Body Composition in Children with Down Syndrome. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 89(1), 4235-4239. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.256328
Esraa S. Abd-ElSamea; Gehan M. Abd El-Maksoud; Shimaa M. Refeat. "Correlation between Gross Motor Proficiency and Body Composition in Children with Down Syndrome". The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 89, 1, 2022, 4235-4239. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.256328
Abd-ElSamea, E., Abd El-Maksoud, G., Refeat, S. (2022). 'Correlation between Gross Motor Proficiency and Body Composition in Children with Down Syndrome', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 89(1), pp. 4235-4239. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.256328
Abd-ElSamea, E., Abd El-Maksoud, G., Refeat, S. Correlation between Gross Motor Proficiency and Body Composition in Children with Down Syndrome. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2022; 89(1): 4235-4239. doi: 10.21608/ejhm.2022.256328
Correlation between Gross Motor Proficiency and Body Composition in Children with Down Syndrome
Background: People with Down syndrome seem to have a lower physical fitness than their peers without disabilities. Objective: The aim of this study was to examine the relationship of gross motor proficiency to body composition in children with Down syndrome through the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-Second Edition (BOT-2). Subjects and Methods: Twenty children with Down syndrome, aged from 6 to 9 years old of both sexes were participated in this study. They were selected from the public and special needs schools, Cairo government. Assessment of gross motor proficiency using Burininks-Osertsky Test of Motor Proficiency-Second Edition was performed. Results: The results of this study indicated that gross motor proficiency, after controlling for age and gender, is negatively associated with health-related measures including waist circumference, while there was weak non significance relationship between gross motor proficiency and Body Mass Index. Conclusion: From the obtained result of this study, it could be concluded that there is a significant correlation between gross motor proficiency and waist circumference in children with Down syndrome.