Key result
Crawling before walking is linked to ~14% lower fat mass percentage at age 7.
Why the study?
To evaluate the impact of crawling before walking on network interactions and longitudinal associations across body systems, including the cardiovascular system, at age 7.
Does crawling before walking influence future metabolic and cardiovascular health parameters in children?
Case-Control (n=77)
Single-blind
Yes
Does crawling before walking influence future metabolic and cardiovascular health parameters in children?
Crawling before walking is associated with improved body composition and systolic blood pressure at age 7, suggesting it may be a modulator for future metabolic and cardiovascular health.
BACKGROUND: To study the impact of crawling before walking (CBW) on network interactions among body composition, the cardiovascular system, lung function, motor competence and physical fitness, at age 7, and to assess the longitudinal association between CBW and body composition, the cardiovascular system, lung function, motor competence, physical fitness and physical activity parameters, at age 7. METHOD: CBW, body composition, cardiovascular system, lung function, motor competence, physical fitness and physical activity were assessed in seventy-seven healthy Caucasian children. RESULTS: Network analyses revealed that the crawling group had a greater number of links among all the studied variables compared with the non-crawling group. In the longitudinal study, using multiple regression analyses, crawling was independently associated with fat mass (%), fat-to-muscle ratio and systolic blood pressure, with models explaining up to 56.3%, 56.7% and 29.9% of their variance, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: CBW during child's development is a possible modulator in the network interactions between body systems and it could influence future metabolic and cardiovascular health.
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Cazorla-González et al. (2022) conducted a case-control in Healthy children (n=77). Crawling before walking vs. Non-crawling before walking was evaluated on Fat mass percentage (14.4% reduction, p=0.009). Crawling before walking was associated with a 14.4% decrease in fat mass percentage and a 7% reduction in systolic blood pressure at age 7 compared to non-crawling.
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