Motor performance in early life and participation in leisure‐time physical activity up to age 68 years

Elhakeem, Ahmed; Hardy, Rebecca; Bann, David; Kuh, Diana; Cooper, Rachel

doi:10.1111/ppe.12467

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“…We found that later achievement of infant locomotor development milestones was significantly and positively associated with accelerometer‐measured light PA in women although the associations weakened after adjusting the models with adulthood lifestyle variables. Few studies have examined the association between infant motor development and adult PA 13,14 . Our findings are in accordance with a previous longitudinal study 14 that found limited evidence of association between age at first standing and walking and LTPA from age 36 to 68.…”

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“…Previous studies have suggested that earlier motor skill development is associated with higher PA levels during an individual's preschool, childhood, and adolescent years 11,12 ; however, less is known about the associations of early motor skill development with adulthood PA, and the evidence is inconclusive. For example, in a recent study of 34‐year‐old Finnish twins, earlier learning to stand unaided in infancy was associated with higher self‐reported leisure‐time PA (LTPA) in young adulthood, 13 whereas limited evidence was found between ages at reaching infant motor milestones and self‐reported LTPA in adulthood in the study of 1946 British birth cohort 14 . Only two studies had examined the association between motor development and accelerometer‐measured ST, and both were conducted in childhood, and the sample sizes were relatively small 15,16 .…”

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Infant motor development and physical activity and sedentary time at midlife

Karppanen

Hurtig

Miettunen

et al. 2021

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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This study investigated whether the timing of infant motor development is associated with self‐reported and accelerometer‐measured physical activity (PA) and sedentary time (ST) in midlife. This population‐based study consisted of 4098 people born in 1966 in Northern Finland (NFBC 1966). Data on nine infant motor developmental milestones included making sounds, holding up the head, grabbing objects, turning from back to tummy, sitting without support, standing with support, walking with support, standing without support, and walking without support. At the age of 46, PA at leisure time and sitting time was self‐reported. PA and ST were also measured with a wrist‐worn Polar Active accelerometer that was instructed to be worn on the non‐dominant hand 24 h/d for 14 days. A multiple linear regression analysis was used to analyze the association between infant motor development and PA and ST in midlife. Later infant motor development was weakly associated with higher accelerometer‐measured light PA, but not with moderate‐to‐vigorous PA. Later infant locomotor development was associated with lower accelerometer‐measured ST (β −0.07, p = 0.012) and lower self‐reported sitting time at work (β −0.06, p = 0.004) in women. In conclusion, later infant motor development was associated with higher light PA and lower sedentary time at middle age. PA is a multifactorial behavior influenced by various factors from early childhood to midlife. Further research is required before more general conclusions can be drawn.

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Infant motor development and physical activity and sedentary time at midlife

Karppanen

Hurtig

Miettunen

et al. 2021

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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“…Given the association between motor performance and physical activity levels 5,6 and healthy weight status in children 6,28 , improving motor performance could be beneficial for health. Recent evidence shows that motor performance in children predicts physical activity levels three years later 22 , and that early life motor performance predicts engagement with sport and exercise throughout life to older adulthood 29 . Our results complement this finding, showing a positive association between participation in organized sport and motor performance, which remains when controlling for baseline motor performance.…”

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Childhood motor performance is increased by participation in organized sport: the CHAMPS Study-DK

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Hébert

Jespersen

et al. 2019

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Evidence suggests that motor performance in children is declining globally. We tested whether participation in organized sport is associated with motor performance, and estimate the effect of 30 months participation in organized sport on motor performance. Study participants were 1067 primary school students, enrolled in the Danish Childhood Health, Activity, and Motor Performance School study. Participation in organized sport was reported via text messaging. Coordination-related motor performance composite, fitness-related motor performance composite, and total motor performance composite were calculated. Data were analyzed using Generalized Estimating Equations. Participation in organized sport was positively associated with motor performance (all composites) in models that did and did not control for baseline motor performance. For models that did not control for baseline motor performance, this equated to 2–6% increases in motor performance per weekly sport session; for models that did control for baseline motor performance, this equated to 1–5% increases in motor performance per weekly sport session. Positive associations between participation in organized sport and motor performance identify participation in organized sport as a way to improve motor performance in children. These results might provide the basis to determine whether participation in organized sport could be beneficial for children with developmental movement disorders.

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“…In this issue of Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology , Elhakeem et al describe a longitudinal cohort study of 2526 British participants born during the same week in 1946 and followed across their lifetime. In this cohort, teacher‐assessed better ability at games and measured faster finger‐ and foot‐tapping speed during adolescence were associated with higher participation in leisure‐time physical activity from age 36 to 68 years.…”

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