Recent 10‒year trends in exercise intervention research on motor coordination in school children from international journals: A systematic review

Abstract

Objective：The present study systematically reviewed the research trends of exercise interventions on motor coordination(MC)in school children. Methods：Studies published from January 2009 to January 2019 were identified by literature searches in multiple international databases. Terms for"motor coordination" , "koordination" , "motor skill" , "movement skill" , "motor competence" , "motor proficiency" , "neuromuscular" , "gross motor" , "fundamental" , "locomotor skill" , "object control" , fitness, "coordinative exercise" , "coordination exercise"were used. Studies were included if they were conducted among school children and measured MC, MC-related variables as primary or secondary outcomes, and published in a peer-reviewed journal. After examination and careful review of the included studies, the characteristics of the studies(study design, participant, measure of MC, intervention, and results)were extracted and summarized. Also, the methodological quality of the randomized controlled trials(RCT)included was assessed. Results：A total of 13 studies(RCT：n＝9, quasi-experimental design：n＝3, pre-post design：n＝1) met the inclusion criteria. All of the studies (n＝13) were conducted using school-based interventions. With the exception of one study, all other studies showed significant effects of the intervention. Conclusion：The present findings suggest that all eligible studies can improve MC in school children. However, some methodological limitations were also found. Thus, further high-quality intervention studies will be necessary. Key words：fundamental movement skill, effect of intervention, assessment test, randomized controlled trials, PRISMA statement 基礎的運動スキル，介入効果，評価テスト，ランダム化比較試験，PRISMA 声明 Records after duplicates removed: n＝53 Full-text articles excluded, with reasons: n＝16 ・Not MC intervention studies: n＝9 ・MC not measured: n＝2 ・Study sample not school children: n＝5 Studies included in qualitative synthesis: n＝13 Title and abstracts screened: n＝527 Records excluded: n＝498 Additional records identified through other sources: n＝1 Full-text articles assessed for eligibility: n＝29

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“…There has been a growing trend in studies on children’s motor coordination. The assessment tools commonly used in these studies, such as the Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder and the side-to-side jump, have gained widespread popularity [ 8 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 ]. These assessment tests typically measure motor performance during maximal effort with the goal of executing a prescribed exercise in the shortest possible time, maximum number of times, or maximum distance.…”