Skeletal maturation, fundamental motor skills and motor coordination in children 7–10 years

Freitas, Duarte L.; Lausen, Berthold; Maia, José; Lefevre, Johan; Gouveia, Élvio Rúbio; Thomis, Martine; Antunes, António Manuel Marques; Claessens, Albrecht; Beunen, Gastón; Malina, Robert M.

doi:10.1080/02640414.2014.977935

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“…However, significant differences were observed between pupils' age and gender in object control skills. The results indicate better scores by older pupils, which confirms numerous studies [8,26,27,28]. This study has also confirmed the results of previous research that motor skills depend on gender.…”

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Fundamental movement skills of six- to seven-year-old children in the first grade of elementary school: A pilot study

Korbecki¹,

Wawrzyniak²,

Rokita³

2017

BJHPA

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Open Access License:This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and is otherwise in compliance with the license. abstract BackgroundThe aim of the study was to determine fundamental movement skills of elementary school first-graders and to seek whether fundamental movement skills correlate with the pupils' age and gender. Material/MethodsThe study involved students in the first grade of elementary school in Krosno. The study was conducted at the beginning of the 2015/2016 school year. A total of 98 pupils (43 girls and 55 boys) aged six and seven were tested, using the Test of Gross Motor Development-2nd Edition. ResultsThe study showed that the results of fundamental movement skills depend on the children's age and gender. Older girls achieved better results in locomotor and object control skills than six-year-old girls. The analysis revealed that boys achieved better scores than girls in the object control skills subtest. ConclusionsThe findings of this study demonstrated that the results can serve as an argument in the debate on the validity of reducing the school age in Poland. Understanding the importance of fundamental movement skills and awareness of irregularities in motor skills may help to prevent children's later school problems.

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Fundamental movement skills of six- to seven-year-old children in the first grade of elementary school: A pilot study

Korbecki¹,

Wawrzyniak²,

Rokita³

2017

BJHPA

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“…The best performance of ULS and agility for males can be attributed to the influence of maturation of females in these tests. Some studies found a negative relationship with the maturational state on tests of motor coordination, attributing this decline to increased body growth 7,19 . Therefore, it would appear that physical profile and physical capabilities are affected by gender, in parallel with other factors such as ageing and hormonal concentration.…”

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“…With regard to studies investigating motor performance in adolescents, sexual and bone maturation are considered the evaluation methods most commonly used to check the maturational stage of individuals 7 . Moreover, it is noteworthy that bone maturation through the radiography of hands is the method of evaluation most appropriate to determine the level of biological maturation, by monitoring the ossification process 8 .…”

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“…Despite its extensive relationship with the sporting arena, the need to investigate this issue in a broader context is important, considering that the analysis of motor performance can also provide information regarding suitable functional development, as an appropriate standard of fitness for young people appears to be associated with the requirements of different daily tasks, as well as the individual's participation in physical activity programmes 11 . In view of this, the ratio of maturation obtained by skeletal age with the motor performance becomes a target of interest in the areas of physical activity and sports sciences 7 by virtue of their influence on motor and physical parameters, as recently emphasised in the study of Malina et al 9 In this light, the objective of this study is to compare physical profile, physical abilities and hormonal markers according to sex and maturational state and relate the skeletal age and hormonal markers with the physical abilities of adolescents. The hypothesis of the study is that subjects with a higher maturational state show a greater body size and motor performance and that skeletal age and hormonal markers show a relationship with the physical abilities of males and females.…”

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Relationship between bone age, hormonal markers and physical capacity in adolescents

Pinto

Gantois

Dantas

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J. Hum. Growth Dev.

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Introduction: Physical capabilities are an important parameter of the functional development of adolescents, not only by chronological age but also by their maturational state, as individuals with the same chronological age can have different performance to their less mature counterparts. Objective: To compare and relate the physical capabilities and hormonal markers according to sex and maturity of adolescents. Method: The sample consisted of adolescents of both sexes, aged 10 to 14 years. We evaluated the maturity achieved by a predictive equation of skeletal age, physical capabilities (explosive power of upper and lower limbs, velocity of upper limbs and agility) and hormonal markers (testosterone and oestradiol) via chemiluminescence. Results: Females showed more advanced maturational status, higher weight, body height and oestradiol levels; males performed better in the explosive force of upper and lower limbs, upper limb speed, agility and testosterone levels. In the normal maturational state males showed greater skeletal age, body weight, body height, explosive strength of upper and lower limbs, and testosterone levels; the females in the normal maturational state had higher skeletal age, body weight, body height, explosive upper limb strength and oestradiol levels. In the male correlation analysis, bone age was related to the explosive strength of upper and lower limbs and testosterone; while bone age in females was related to explosive upper limb strength and oestradiol. Conclusion: It is concluded that maturation, testosterone and oestradiol levels play an important role in the physical aspects and performance of motor skills of adolescents, especially in upper limb force which was more related to the maturation obtained by skeletal age of males and females.

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“…The test has been used to analyse motor coordination within groups of special needs children [14][15][16] and non-special needs children [13,17,18]. The KTK-test protocol has proved to be a reliable tool to assess children's motor coordination with test-retest correlations for different subtests reported from 0.80 to 0.96 [8,9].…”

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Differences in the motor coordination abilities among adolescent gymnasts, swimmers, and ice hockey players

Jaakkola¹,

Watt²,

Kalaja³

2018

Hum Mov.

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Purpose. Motor coordination is proposed to be a relatively stable age-related construct, unlikely to be influenced by aligned experiential factors such as intensive sport-specific training. The purpose of the study is to investigate if there are differences in motor coordination abilities among young artistic gymnasts, swimmers, and ice hockey players. Methods. The participants of the study were 508 female and 258 male adolescents (age, M = 12.80, SD = 1.10) comprising artistic gymnasts (n = 463), swimmers (n = 70), and ice hockey players (n = 233). The KTK-test protocol was used to analyse their gross motor coordination abilities.Results. The results of the study demonstrated that gymnasts scored better than ice hockey players and swimmers in the test of walking backwards along a beam, and better than ice hockey players in total motor coordination, hopping over an obstacle, and the test of moving sideways on wooden boards. However, ice hockey players scored higher than swimmers and gymnasts in the test of jumping from side to side. Subsequently, swimmers obtained better results in the test of moving sideways on wooden boards as compared with ice hockey players. Conclusions. The study results indicate that intensive sport-specific training may extend young athletes' motor coordination characteristics in the ability areas representative of the sport in which they engage.

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Skeletal maturation, fundamental motor skills and motor coordination in children 7–10 years

Cited by 67 publications

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Fundamental movement skills of six- to seven-year-old children in the first grade of elementary school: A pilot study

Fundamental movement skills of six- to seven-year-old children in the first grade of elementary school: A pilot study

Relationship between bone age, hormonal markers and physical capacity in adolescents

Differences in the motor coordination abilities among adolescent gymnasts, swimmers, and ice hockey players

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