助理教授
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ccapio@eduhk.hk
PhD (HKU)
MSc Ergonomics (Sweden)
BS Physical Therapy (Philippines)
Research areas
Motor control, motor development and skills acquisition
Fundamental movement skills
Physical activity measurement and promotion
Adapted physical activity and psychomotor therapy
Selected Funded Projects
Principal Investigator:
2021-2022 RGC General Research Fund: The antecedent role of movement proficiency in child development: evidence from a group-randomised controlled trial of a motor skills training programme for young children.
2020-2022 Health and Medical Research Fund: An implementation science approach to adapting healthy movement behaviour guidelines for Hong Kong preschool-aged children.
2020-2022 FEHD Research Impact Cluster: Kids Move HK – transforming evidence to enable physical wellbeing of young children.
2018-2021 RGC General Research Fund: Examining Conscious Motor Processing and the Effect of Single-task, Dual-task and Analogy Training on Walking during Rehabilitation by Older Adults at Risk of Falling in Hong Kong: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
2015-2016 Health and Medical Research Fund: Physical activity promotion for children with Down Syndrome: A contemporary motor skills training approach.
2015-2016 UGC Teaching Development Grant: Internship in Exercise Science: Development and assessment of experiential learning aided by social media.
Co-Investigator:
2021-2026 RGC Research Impact Fund: Combating physical inactivity pandemic by promoting physical fitness education and physical activity-embedded curriculum in kindergartens
2020-2022
RGC General Research Fund: Examining the role of external and internal attention focus walking training on conscious motor processing during rehabilitation by older adults at risk of falling in Hong Kong: A randomized controlled trial.
2018-2020
Health and Medical Research Fund: Feasibility and preliminary efficacy of Ai Chi aquatic exercise training in Hong Kong’s older adults with risk of falling.
2017-2018
University of Waikato (NZ) Strategic Investment Fund: Development and preliminary validation of a movement analogy to promote safer falling.
2013-2015
Health and Medical Research Fund: Physical activity and fundamental movement skills in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder.
Selected Output
Journal Publications
Refereed Journal Article
2021 Capio, C.M., Eguia, K.F. (2021). Movement skills, perception, and physical activity of young children: a mediation analysis. Pediatrics International, doi.org/10.1111/ped.14436
Mak, T.C.T., Chan, D.K.C., Capio, C.M. (2021). Strategies for teachers to promote physical activity in early childhood education settings: a scoping review. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18030867
2020 Capio, C. M., Uiga, L., Lee, M. H., & Masters, R. S. W. (2020). Application of analogy learning in softball batting: Comparing novice and intermediate players. Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology, doi:10.1037/spy0000181
Uiga, L., Capio, C. M., Ryu, D., Young, W. R., Wilson, M. R., Wong, T. W. L., ... & Masters, R. S. W. (2020). The Role of Movement Specific Reinvestment in vIsuo-motor Control of Walking by Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, doi: 10.1093/geronb/gby078
2019 Sit, C. H. P., Yu, J. J., Wong, S. H. S., Capio, C. M., & Masters, R. (2019). A school-based physical activity intervention for children with developmental coordination disorder: A randomized controlled trial. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 89, 1-9.
Chan, D. C. L., Wong, T. W. L., Zhu, F. F., Lam, C. C., Young, W., Capio, C. M., & Masters, R. S. W. (2019). Investigating changes in real-time conscious postural processing by older adults during different stance positions using electroencephalography coherence. Experimental Ageing Research, 45(5), 410-423.
2018
Capio, C. M., Mak, T. C. T., Tse, M. A., Masters, R. S. W. (2018). Fundamental movement skills and balance of children with Down syndrome. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 62(3), 225-236.
Masters, R., Capio, C.M., Poolton, J., & Uiga, L. (2018). Perceptual Modification of the Built Environment to Influence Behavior Associated with Physical Activity: Quasi-Experimental Field Studies of a Stair Banister Illusion. Sports Medicine, 48(6), 1505-1511.
2017
Capio, C. M., Poolton, J. M., Eguia, K. F., Choi, C. S., & Masters, R. S. (2017). Movement pattern components and mastery of an object control skill with error-reduced learning. Developmental Neurorehabilitation, 20(3), 179-183.
Maxwell, J. P., Capio, C. M., Masters, R. S. (2017). Interaction between motor ability and skill learning in children: Application of implicit and explicit approaches. European Journal of Sport Science, 17(4), 407-416.
2016
Capio, C. M., Eguia, K. F., & Simons, J. (2016). Test of gross motor development-2 for Filipino children with intellectual disability: validity and reliability. Journal of Sports Sciences, 34(1), 10-17.
Yu, J., Sit, C. H., Capio, C. M., Burnett, A., Ha, A. S., & Huang, W. Y. (2016). Fundamental movement skills proficiency in children with developmental coordination disorder: does physical self-concept matter? Disability and Rehabilitation, 38(1), 45-51.
2015
Capio, C. M., Sit, C. H., Eguia, K. F., Abernethy, B., & Masters, R. S. (2015). Fundamental movement skills training to promote physical activity in children with and without disability: A pilot study. Journal of Sport and Health Science, 4(3), 235-243.
Eguia, K. F., Capio, C. M., & Simons, J. (2015). Object control skills influence the physical activity of children with intellectual disability in a developing country: The Philippines. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 40(3), 265-274.
2014
Capio, C. M., Sit, C. H., Eguia, K. F., & Abernethy, B. (2014). Physical activity and movement skills proficiency of young Filipino children. Pediatrics International, 56(4), 651-653.
Capio, C. M., Sit, C. H., & Abernethy, B. (2014). Physical well-being. In Encyclopedia of quality of life and well-being research (pp. 4805-4807). Springer Netherlands.
2013
Capio, C. M., Poolton, J. M., Sit, C. H. P., Holmstrom, M., & Masters, R. S. W. (2013). Reducing errors benefits the field‐based learning of a fundamental movement skill in children. Scandinavian Journal of Medicine & Science in Sports, 23(2), 181-188.
Capio, C. M., Poolton, J. M., Sit, C. H. P., Eguia, K. F., & Masters, R. S. W. (2013). Reduction of errors during practice facilitates fundamental movement skill learning in children with intellectual disabilities. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 57(4), 295-305.
2012
Capio, C. M., Sit, C. H., Abernethy, B., & Masters, R. S. (2012). Fundamental movement skills and physical activity among children with and without cerebral palsy. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33(4), 1235-1241.
Simons, J., Capio, C. M., Adriaenssens, P., Delbroek, H., & Vandenbussche, I. (2012). Self-concept and physical self-concept in psychiatric children and adolescents. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 33(3), 874-881.
2011
Capio, C. M., Sit, C. H., & Abernethy, B. (2011). Fundamental movement skills testing in children with cerebral palsy. Disability and Rehabilitation, 33(25-26), 2519-2528.
