Table 1.

Results of motor coordination tests in inactive children, children engaged in swimming, and children engaged in multisport activities.

	Inactive	Swimming	Multisport	p
Walking backwards	33.0 ± 13.9	44.0 ± 10.9 a	42.9 ± 11.5 a	0.001
Hopping for height	38.4 ± 13.8	40.7 ± 10.6	46.5 ± 11.6 ab	0.001
Jumping sideways	51.5 ± 11.6	53.7 ± 11.1	63.8 ± 14.5 ab	0.001
Moving sideways	34.5 ± 4.7	40.4 ± 5.8 a	42.6 ± 7.5 a	0.001

p < 0.05; ^a different from inactive group; ^b different from swimming group.