selected publications
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academic article
- Correction to: Through the Looking Glass: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence, Providing New Insight for Motor Competence and Health. Sports Medicine. 2021
- Testing the motor proficiency barrier hypothesis for physical activity and weight status in youth . Journal of Sport and Health Research. 13:103-116. 2021
- Classes de trajetórias de desenvolvimento do índice de massa corporal: diferenças na competência motora e aptidão física. Estudos em Desenvolvimento Motor da Criança. 265-271. 2018
- Effectiveness of physical education to promote motor competence in primary school children. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 1-14. 2017
- Avaliação da competência motora através do lançamento e pontapé em potência. Descrição do comportamento ao longo da idade. Estudos em desenvolvimento motor da criança IX. 224-230. 2016
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chapter
- Classes de trajetórias de desenvolvimento do índice de massa corporal: diferenças na competência motora e aptidão física. 265-271. 2018
- Avaliação da competência motora através do lançamento e pontapé em potência: descrição do comportamento ao longo da idade. 224-230. 2016
- Validade e Fiabilidade de um Instrumento Pictográfico para Avaliação da Competência Motora Percebida em Crianças. 209-223. 2016
- Validação e Fiabilidade do Test of Gross Motor Development 2 (TGMD2) em Crianças Portuguesas. 191-201. 2016
- Associação dos níveis de actividade física habitual com a coordenação motora, as habilidades motoras e a aptidão física em crianças. 209-215. 2010
- Associação dos níveis de actividade física habitual com a coordenação motora, as habilidades motoras e a aptidão física em crianças. 2010
- A coordenação motora é preditora dos níveis de actividade física habitual? 2009
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conference paper
- Relationship between motor competence, weight status, and cardiorespiratory fitness from 7 to 16 years of age. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. S23-S24. 2023
- Estimation of the Best Method for the Calculation of the Subscales and Total Scores of the Motor Competence Assessment (MCA). Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. 23-23. 2022
- A competência motora é preditora da auto-estima durante a infância. 157-160. 2021
- A competência motora é preditora da autoestima durante a infância. 157-160. 2021
- A systematic review of longitudinal and experimental evidence providing new insight for motor competence and health. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. S23-S23. 2021
- Autoestima e competência motora é durante a Infância. 69-69. 2021
- Validação configural do MCA (motor competence assessment) da infância à idade adulta. 207-212. 2021
- Motor Competence Assessment (MCA): portuguese normative values. S19-S20. 2019
- Physical fitness, but not speci¿c skill levels nor motor coordination, is associated with coaches’ perception of young soccer players competence 2019
- Physical fitness, but not specific skill levels nor motor coordination, is associated with coaches’ perception of young soccer players competence. S16-S17. 2019
- (In)consistency between longitudinal developmental pathways and normative data: the case of cardiorespiratory fitness. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. S1-S126. 2018
- Testing the motor proficiency barrier hypothesis for physical activity and weight status. Journal of Sport & Exercise Psychology. S24-S24. 2017
- Associação entre os níveis de atividade física, a competência motora e a competência percebida em crianças. 17-24. 2014
- Association between motor competence and physical activity: a longitudinal study in children. 317-318. 2013
- Developmental pathways of change in health-related fitness and motor competence are related to obesity development in childhood. S71-S71. 2013
- Developmental pathways of fitness, and not baseline, predict fitness status at the end of childhood. 219-219. 2013
- Proficiência motora, atividade física e excesso de peso em crianças, que relação?. 163-167. 2013
- As trajectórias de mudança na investigação em desenvolvimento motor da criança. Estudos em Desenvolvimento Motor da Criança V. 8-18. 2012
- Associations between weight status and motor coordination during childhood. 482-482. 2012
- Associação entre a auto perceção corporal e a atividade física habitual em crianças. 243-248. 2012
- A coordenação motora, as habilidades motoras e a aptidão física como preditores dos níveis de actividade física habitual das crianças. 231-236. 2011
- A coordenação motora é preditora dos níveis de actividade física habitual?. 115-124. 2009
- Motor coordination as determinant of physical activity in children: a 4-year follow-up (6 to 10 years of age). 330-330. 2008
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journal article
- Potential relevance of a motor skill “proficiency barrier” on health-related fitness in youth. European Journal of Sport Science. 1-25. 2023
- Profiles of motor competence and its perception accuracy among children: association with physical fitness and body fat. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 1-9. 2023
- Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) Scoring Method. Children. 1-9. 2022
- Motor competence predicts self-esteem during childhood in typical development children. Psychology of Sport and Exercise. 1-8. 2022
- The Developmental Trajectory of Motor Competence of Children That Lived the COVID-19 Confinement Period: A Four-Year Follow-Up Study in Portuguese Children. Journal of Functional Morphology and Kinesiology. 1-10. 2022
- Through the Looking Glass: A Systematic Review of Longitudinal Evidence, Providing New Insight for Motor Competence and Health. Sports Medicine. 1-46. 2021
- Model invariance of the Motor Competence Assessment (MCA) from early childhood to young adulthood. Journal of Sports Sciences. 1-8. 2021
- Siblings' Influence on the Motor Competence of Preschoolers. Children. 1-204. 2021
- Testando hipótesis de la barrera de competencia motriz actividad física y el estado ponderal en jovenes. Journal of Sport and Health Research. 103-116. 2021
- The role of physical fitness on the relationship between motor competence and physical activity: mediator or moderator?. Journal of Motor Learning and Development. 456-469. 2021
- Classes of developmental trajectories of body mass index: Differences in motor competence and cardiorespiratory fitness. Journal of Sports Sciences. 1-7. 2020
- Developmental pathways of cardiorespiratory fitness from 6 to 15 years of age. European Journal of Sport Science. 1-20. 2020
- Body mass index and motor coordination: Non-linear relationships in children 6-10 years. Child: Care, Health and Development. 2018
- Association Between Perceived and Actual Motor Competence in Portuguese Children. Journal of Motor Learning and Development. S366-S377. 2018
- Effectiveness of physical education to promote motor competence in primary school children. Physical Education and Sport Pedagogy. 589-602. 2017
- Linear and nonlinear relationships between body mass index and physical fitness in Brazilian children and adolescents. American Journal of Human Biology. e23035-10. 2017
- Developmental pathways of change in fitness and motor competence are related to overweight and obesity status at the end of primary school. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 87-92. 2016
- Is there an association among actual motor competence, perceived motor competence, physical activity, and sedentary behavior in preschool children?. Journal of Motor Learning and Development. 129-141. 2016
- Reliability and construct validity of the test of gross motor development-2 in Portuguese children. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology. 1-11. 2016
- Validity and reliability of a pictorial instrument for assessing perceived motor competence in Portuguese children. Child: Care, Health and Development. 0-0. 2016
- Effects of psychosocial variables in the similarity and interdependence of physical activity levels among adolescent best friend dyads. Journal of Sports Sciences. 1-8. 2015
- Motor Competence and its Effect on Positive Developmental Trajectories of Health. Sports Medicine. 1273-1284. 2015
- Weight status is associated with cross-sectional trajectories of motor co-ordination across childhood. Child: Care, Health and Development. n/a-n/a. 2014
- Physical Activity in Adolescents: Examining Influence of the Best Friend Dyad. Journal of Adolescent Health. 752-756. 2013
- Physical fitness predicts adiposity longitudinal changes over childhood and adolescence. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 118-123. 2013
- Correlation between BMI and motor coordination in children. Journal of Science and Medicine in Sport. 38-43. 2012
- Motor coordination, physical activity and fitness as predictors of longitudinal change in adiposity during childhood. European Journal of Sport Science. 384-391. 2012
- Motor coordination as predictor of physical activity in childhood. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports. 1-669. 2011