Asociación entre función ejecutiva, madurez intelectual y condición física en niños preescolares

  1. Pedro Ángel Latorre Román 1
  2. E. Lloris Ogallar 1
  3. J. Salas Sánchez 2
  4. Felipe García Pinillos 3
  1. 1 Universidad de Jaén
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    Universidad de Jaén

    Jaén, España

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  2. 2 Universidad Autónoma de Chile
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    Universidad Autónoma de Chile

    Temuco, Chile

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  3. 3 Universidad de La Frontera
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    Universidad de La Frontera

    Temuco, Chile

    ROR https://ror.org/04v0snf24

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Revista:
Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte

ISSN: 1577-0354

Año de publicación: 2020

Volumen: 20

Número: 79

Páginas: 471-485

Tipo: Artículo

DOI: 10.15366/RIMCAFD2020.79.006 DIALNET GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Otras publicaciones en: Revista Internacional de Medicina y Ciencias de la Actividad Física y del Deporte

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Resumen

The main aim of this study is to understand the evolutionary profile of the executive function (EF) and the intellectual maturity (IM) in relation to the physical-motor condition in preschool children. A group of 81 children, 3-6 years old, participated in the project (44 boys and 37 girls). Regarding the testing protocol, tests for assessing physical fitness were included (i.e., strength, balance, speed, resistance and reaction time). The EF and the IM were analyzed with the Porteus Maze test and the Goodenough test, respectively. The results showed an age effect on both cognitive variables and physical fitness, with significant differences between those variables between age groups. Additionally, the regression analysis reported a significant association between physical fitness (i.e., sprint, handgrip strength and reaction time) and the FE and the MI. In summary, the results obtained suggest a parallelism between the EF and IM with the development of physical fitness.

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