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Physical Well-Being and Motor Development over the Life Span

A special issue of International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (ISSN 1660-4601).

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (30 June 2023) | Viewed by 8662

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Christel Galvani

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Laboratorio di Scienze Dell’esercizio Fisico e Dello Sport, Dipartimento di Psicologia, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Viale Suzzani 279, 20162 Milan, Italy
Interests: exercise physiology; physical activity; physical fitness; motor fitness; well-being; successful aging; gait
Dr. Paolo Bruseghini

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Exercise and Sport Science Degree Course, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, 20162 Milan, Italy
Interests: exercise physiology; physical activity; physical fitness; active ageing; older adults; health-related interventions
Dr. Sabrina Demarie

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Department of Human Movement and Sport Sciences, Università degli Studi di Roma ″Foro Italico″, 00135 Roma, Italy
Interests: athlete’s health; athlete’s stress management; training monitoring; performance analysis
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Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Motor development includes the change in motor behavior over the life span and the sequential, continuous, age-related process of transformation. Physical well-being consists of the ability to perform physical activities and carry out social roles that are not hindered by physical limitations and experiences of bodily pain, and is substantiated by biological health indicators. Understanding how interactions between the developing and maturing individual, the environment, and the task being performed bring about changes in a person’s physical function that may be critical for clinicians and exercise specialists. Moreover, growing aware of how lifestyle behavior choices made to ensure health, avoid preventable diseases and conditions, and to live in a balanced state of body, mind, and spirit change across the life span could result in important implications for public health.

On this basis, this Special Issue welcomes submissions that report both the correlates and determinants of individual-level physical well-being and motor development covering the entire life span. We invite authors to submit original studies investigating the impact of physical education, physical activity, exercise and sport programs on physical well-being and motor development. Different topics such as physical fitness or biological, behavioral, affective, social, cultural, psychological, and cognitive aspects may interact to affect a person’s physical well-being and motor development and can be relevant to explore within each developmental stage.

Dr. Christel Galvani
Dr. Paolo Bruseghini
Dr. Sabrina Demarie
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • motor development
  • well-being
  • physical education
  • physical activity
  • physical fitness

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Walking Attenuates Postprandial Glycemic Response: What Else Can We Do without Leaving Home or the Office?
by Alessio Bellini, Andrea Nicolò, Jacopo Emanuele Rocchi, Ilenia Bazzucchi and Massimo Sacchetti
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20(1), 253; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph20010253 - 24 Dec 2022
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We evaluated the effects of different exercise types suitable for a home/work setting on the postprandial glucose response. Twenty-three healthy, active, young individuals performed one of two studies (12 in Study 1 and 11 in Study 2), with four randomized protocols each. After [...] Read more.
We evaluated the effects of different exercise types suitable for a home/work setting on the postprandial glucose response. Twenty-three healthy, active, young individuals performed one of two studies (12 in Study 1 and 11 in Study 2), with four randomized protocols each. After a meal high in carbohydrate content (1 g of carbohydrate per kg of body weight), in Study 1, participants performed 30 min of either walking (WALK), bench stepping exercise (STEP) or isometric wall squat (SQUAT); in Study 2, participants performed 30 min of either walking (WALK), neuromuscular electrical stimulation alone (P_NMES) or superimposed on voluntary muscle contraction (VC_NMES). In both studies, participants performed a prolonged sitting condition (CON) that was compared to the exercise sessions. In Study 1, WALK and STEP significantly reduced the glucose peak compared to CON (p < 0.011). In Study 2, the peak was significantly reduced in WALK compared to CON, P_NMES and VC_NMES (p < 0.011) and in VC_NMES compared to CON and P_NMES (p < 0.011). A significant reduction of 3 h glucose iAUC was found for WALK and VC_NMES compared to CON and P_NMES (p < 0.033). In conclusion, WALK is the most effective strategy for improving the postprandial glycemic response. However, STEP and VC_NMES can also be used for reducing postprandial glycemia. Full article
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Indoor Mobility, Frailty, and Disability in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: A Mediation Model
by Paolo Riccardo Brustio, Anna Mulasso, Samuel D’Emanuele, Gianluca Zia, Luca Feletti, Susanna Del Signore and Alberto Rainoldi
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2022, 19(18), 11386; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph191811386 - 09 Sep 2022
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The general population, but especially older adults, were forced or encouraged to stay home during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. In this context, indoor mobility (IM, the number of steps performed daily at home) may be informative about the general health status of older [...] Read more.
The general population, but especially older adults, were forced or encouraged to stay home during the recent COVID-19 pandemic. In this context, indoor mobility (IM, the number of steps performed daily at home) may be informative about the general health status of older adults. The present study aimed at evaluating the relationship between IM, frailty (loss of functional reserve including both physical and psychosocial domains), and disability (loss of autonomy measured as activities of daily life, ADLs) in a sample of community-dwelling Italian older adults. Specifically, the primary objective was to investigate IM and disability differences between robust and frail older adults. The secondary objective was to test if frailty is in the causal sequence between IM and disability, i.e., as a mediator in their relationship. Thirty-two participants (mean age = 70 ± 6 years; 56.2% women) were recruited. Frailty and disability were evaluated using the Tilburg Frailty Indicator and the Groningen Activity Restriction Scale, respectively. IM at home was measured via an Adamo wristwatch (a connected accelerometer). One-way analyses of covariance, controlling for age and gender, showed that robust participants, classified according to a score higher than five points in the Tilburg Frailty Indicator, performed significantly more IM (F1,28 = 4.639; p = 0.04) and presented lower disability grade than frail ones (F1,28 = 4.342; p =0.046). Only physical frailty was a mediator in the relationship between IM and disability (F2,29 = 8.538, p < 0.001), with a fully mediated model (z = −2.073, p < 0.04). Conversely, the total frailty score was not a mediator in the same relationship, but with IM accounted for the variance in disability (F2,29 = 8.538, p < 0.001; R2 = 33.7%). Our results suggested that frail older adults restricted their IM more and presented a higher level of disability compared to robust older adults. Moreover, data suggest that IM reduction may have a negative impact on physical frailty and indirectly increase disability. Full article
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Crosstalk between Gross and Fine Motor Domains during Late Childhood: The Influence of Gross Motor Training on Fine Motor Performances in Primary School Children
by Vincenzo Sorgente, Erez James Cohen, Riccardo Bravi and Diego Minciacchi
Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18(21), 11387; https://0-doi-org.brum.beds.ac.uk/10.3390/ijerph182111387 - 29 Oct 2021
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Gross and fine motor competence have a close relationship during development and are shown to correlate to some extent. However, the study of the interaction between these domains still requires further insights. In this study, we investigated the developmental changes in overall motor [...] Read more.
Gross and fine motor competence have a close relationship during development and are shown to correlate to some extent. However, the study of the interaction between these domains still requires further insights. In this study, we investigated the developmental changes in overall motor skills as well as the effects of gross motor training programs on fine motor skills in children (aged 6–11, n = 240). Fine motor skills were assessed before and after gross motor intervention using the Box and Block Test. The gross motor intervention was based on the Test of Gross Motor Development—3rd Edition. Results showed that gross and fine motor skills correlate across all years of primary school, both significantly improving with age. Finally, the gross motor intervention appeared to not influence fine motor skills. Our findings show that during primary school age, overall motor development is continuous, but non-linear. From age nine onward, there seems to be a major step-up in overall motor competence, of which teachers/educators should be aware of in order to design motor educational programs accordingly. While gross and fine motor domains might be functionally integrated to enhance children’s motor performances, further research is needed to clarify the effect of gross motor practice on fine motor performances. Full article
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