Differences in motor performance between children and adolescents in Mozambique and Portugal: impact of allometric scaling

Children from developed and developing countries have different anthropometric characteristics which may affect their motor performance (MP).To use the allometric approach to model the relationship between body size and MP in youth from two countries differing in socio-economic status-Portugal and Mozambique.A total of 2946 subjects, 1280 Mozambicans (688 girls) and 1666 Portuguese (826 girls), aged 10-15 years were sampled. Height and weight...