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. 2026 Aug 12;8:1861717. doi: 10.3389/fspor.2026.1861717

Table 2.

Participants' MC performances and PAQ-C level across the three COVID-19 periods, detailed for age and sex.

COVID-19 period Variable Age (years) F (Mean ± SD) M (Mean ± SD)
Pre- WB 8 94.00 ± 16.29 91.14 ± 15.49
Post- WB 8 99.91 ± 17.16 92.73 ± 14.55
Follow-up WB 8 83.50 ± 13.53 83.23 ± 13.50
Pre- WB 9 92.85 ± 13.64 90.35 ± 15.04
Post- WB 9 95.78 ± 18.71 95.33 ± 15.01
Follow-up WB 9 94.25 ± 13.34 80.41 ± 19.80
Pre- WB 10 91.71 ± 18.47 93.74 ± 10.35
Post- WB 10 89.25 ± 19.03 85.19 ± 16.03
Follow-up WB 10 83.89 ± 22.04 82.58 ± 16.52
Pre- JS 8 98.33 ± 16.56 108.77 ± 13.54
Post- JS 8 97.55 ± 21.41 109.00 ± 15.83
Follow-up JS 8 91.73 ± 16.27 107.93 ± 17.79
Pre- JS 9 96.10 ± 17.36 116.08 ± 11.99
Post- JS 9 82.04 ± 21.92 104.24 ± 15.52
Follow-up JS 9 89.46 ± 15.48 98.35 ± 14.68
Pre- JS 10 98.69 ± 17.68 109.87 ± 11.46
Post- JS 10 72.79 ± 15.85 92.96 ± 20.01
Follow-up JS 10 89.00 ± 18.76 101.32 ± 15.60
Pre- MS 8 84.73 ± 19.27 85.96 ± 17.19
Post- MS 8 74.36 ± 20.53 80.14 ± 16.00
Follow-up MS 8 76.23 ± 34.09 71.83 ± 38.28
Pre- MS 9 84.35 ± 13.92 90.50 ± 14.72
Post- MS 9 72.74 ± 17.87 77.24 ± 16.48
Follow-up MS 9 91.63 ± 16.62 77.66 ± 22.40
Pre- MS 10 87.97 ± 15.85 88.13 ± 16.43
Post- MS 10 72.88 ± 16.76 76.07 ± 18.71
Follow-up MS 10 83.36 ± 19.44 88.68 ± 17.12
Pre- HH 8 105.00 ± 29.40 110.27 ± 25.97
Post- HH 8 97.05 ± 19.67 97.41 ± 15.17
Follow-up HH 8 83.82 ± 15.28 94.27 ± 15.95
Pre- HH 9 100.05 ± 25.53 102.50 ± 20.94
Post- HH 9 90.17 ± 16.59 95.52 ± 14.77
Follow-up HH 9 89.29 ± 16.86 90.86 ± 19.68
Pre- HH 10 100.09 ± 27.40 107.83 ± 18.02
Post- HH 10 82.79 ± 19.91 94.52 ± 20.24
Follow-up HH 10 85.54 ± 27.33 93.87 ± 20.10
Pre- MQ 8 94.00 ± 19.57 98.59 ± 17.79
Post- MQ 8 89.77 ± 20.94 93.18 ± 15.38
Pollow-up MQ 8 79.00 ± 17.02 85.00 ± 21.01
Pre- MQ 9 91.25 ± 15.80 99.54 ± 15.74
Post- MQ 9 80.74 ± 21.50 90.81 ± 17.47
Pollow-up MQ 9 88.46 ± 15.00 82.76 ± 21.15
Pre- MQ 10 92.89 ± 20.24 99.78 ± 14.25
Post- MQ 10 71.83 ± 23.48 83.30 ± 21.00
Pollow-up MQ 10 78.46 ± 29.08 87.87 ± 21.97
Pre- PAQ-C 8 2.23 ± 0.79 2.57 ± 0.57
Post- PAQ-C 8 2.49 ± 0.62 2.63 ± 0.79
Pollow-up PAQ-C 8 2.26 ± 0.44 2.38 ± 0.72
Pre- PAQ-C 9 2.40 ± 0.62 2.55 ± 0.50
Post- PAQ-C 9 2.45 ± 0.64 2.61 ± 0.56
Pollow-up PAQ-C 9 2.38 ± 0.50 2.22 ± 0.40
Pre- PAQ-C 10 2.61 ± 0.61 2.68 ± 0.44
Post- PAQ-C 10 2.17 ± 0.59 2.83 ± 0.80
Follow-up PAQ-C 10 2.29 ± 0.60 2.31 ± 0.51

WB, walking backward; MS, moving sideways; JS, two-legged jumping sideways; HH, one-legged hopping for height; MQ, motor quotient; PAQ-C, physical activity questionnaire for children.