2026-05-28T22:46:51Zhttps://riuma.uma.es/rest/oai/request

oai:riuma.uma.es:10630/413512026-02-03T11:23:49Zcom_10630_2254col_10630_37953

Efficacy of physical activity shared between parents and children to improve sports initiation in the M.A.M.I.deporte® program Cueto-Martín, Belén De la Cruz-Márquez, Juan Carlos Burgueño, Rafael García-Mármol, Eduardo Ejercicio físico para niños Educación familiar Objective: To determine if the active methodology for improving sports initiation (M.A.M.I.deporte®) shared between children and parents successfully promotes children in sports activities, maintains their activity and improves long-term adherence. Participants: The study involved 118 participants aged between 2 and 11 years (6.3 ± 2.3). In the first season, 34 participated (16 girls; 18 boys); in the second season, 46 participated (22 girls; 24 boys) and in the third season, 38 participated (19 girls; 19 boys). Methodology: It was carried out fromOctober to June over three academic years for two hours a week. Every 4 sessions a different sporting activity was carried out, planned so that parents and children could practise them, simultaneously. Analysis: At the beginning and end of each period, a survey was carried out on the sports activities in which the participants had started. If participants remained in the activity, the survey was face-to-face and if participants no longer attended the activity, they were contacted by telephone. Descriptive values were obtained for the variables in absolute and percentage form and a repeated measures anova was performed. Results: Vigorous physical activity performed was 3.82 ± 1.16 h/week in the first year, 3.38 ± 1.59 in the second year and 2.99 ± 1.46 in the third year with no significant differences between any of the years. 32.20% joined other sporting activities and only 6.78% gave up vigorous physical activity. Conclusion: Joint activity of parents and children contributed to maintaining vigorous physical activity at the recommended levels in the child population with only 6.78% (n = 8) of the participants dropping out. 2026-01-08T13:09:36Z 2026-01-08T13:09:36Z 2026-01-08T13:09:36Z 2024-03-26 journal article Cueto-Martín, B., De la Cruz-Márquez, J. C., Burgueño, R., & García-Mármol, E. (2024). Efficacy of physical activity shared between parents and children to improve sports initiation in the M.A.M.I.deporte® program. Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 6(March), 1–8. https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2024.1372664 https://hdl.handle.net/10630/41351 10.3389/fspor.2024.1372664 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ open access Attribution 4.0 Internacional Frontiers