TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2020//
TI  - Anthropometric and motor competence classifiers of swimming ability in preschool children-a pilot study
JO  - International journal of environmental research and public health
A1  - Gllareva, Ilir
A1  - Trajković, Nebojša
A1  - Mačak, Draženka
A1  - Šćepanović, Tijana
A1  - Kostić Zobenica, Anja
A1  - Pajić, Aleksandar
A1  - Halilaj, Besim
A1  - Gallopeni, Florim
A1  - Madić, Dejan M.
SP  - e6331
EP  - e6331
VL  - 17
IS  - 17
N2  - Swimming is a form of physical activity and a life-saving skill. However, only a few studies have identified swimming ability classifiers in preschool children. This pilot cross-sectional study aimed to find anthropometric (AM) and motor competence (MC) predictors of swimming ability in preschool children, by building classifiers of swimming ability group (SAG) membership. We recruited 92 children (girls n = 45) aged 5-6 years and took the AM and MC measurements in accordance with the reference manual and using the KTK battery test (motor quotient, MQ), respectively. A linear discriminant analysis tested a classification model of preschoolers' swimming ability (SAG: POOR, GOOD, EXCELLENT) based on gender, age, AM, and MC variables and extracted one significant canonical discriminant function (model fit: 61.2%) that can differentiate (group centroids) POOR (-1.507), GOOD (0.032), and EXCELLENT (1.524). The MQ total was identified as a significant classifier, which absolutely contributed to the discriminant function that classifies children's swimming ability as POOR (standardized canonical coefficient: 1.186), GOOD (1.363), or EXCELLENT (1.535) with an accuracy of 64.1%. Children with higher MQ total ought to be classified into higher SAG; thus, the classification model of SAG based on the MQ total is presented.    kwdd<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1661-7827
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17176331
ID  - ref1
ER  -