The effectiveness of a fundamental motor skill intervention in pre-schoolers with motor problems depends on gender but not environmental context

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Perfil y desarrollo psicomotor de los niños españoles entre 3 y 6 años

“…Las habilidades motoras básicas, incluyendo las habilidades de movimiento corporal en el espacio y de manipulación y control de objetos, son las precursoras necesarias para poder desarrollar habilidades motoras más complejas, como puede ser la coordinación dinámica general (Bardid et al, 2013). En este estudio, los niños con retraso en su motricidad somática o motricidad manual mostraron un desarrollo psicomotor significativamente inferior.…”

“…La adquisición y desarrollo de las habilidades motoras fundamentales se produce durante los primeros seis años de vida del niño, momento a partir del cual las destrezas práxicas y motoras se perfeccionarán a través de la ejecución de las actividades de la vida diaria (Bardid, Deconinck, Descamps, et al, 2013 …”

“…En este estudio, los niños con retraso en su motricidad somática o motricidad manual mostraron un desarrollo psicomotor significativamente inferior. Es importante señalar que las habilidades motoras básicas no se desarrollan espontáneamente, sino que deben ser perfeccionadas y potenciadas a través de la realización de actividades con diferentes patrones motores desde edades tempranas, ya que, a partir de los siete años, los niños necesitan haber perfeccionado las habilidades motoras básicas para poder satisfacer las demandas de las ocupaciones esperadas a esa edad (Bardid et al, 2013). Por otro lado, sufrir alteraciones en la motricidad fina es un problema habitual en niños con pobre coordinación motora, y supone una limitación durante las actividades académicas en la edad escolar (Huau, El 15,6% de los niños experimentaron retraso en la afectividad, siendo esta el área psicomotora con mayor prevalencia de retraso en la muestra.…”

A Mixed-Methods Analysis of the Effects of a Fundamental Motor Skills Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder

“…Further, the follow-up study employed self-reported measures of physical activity and sedentary behavior, instead of actual measures of motor performance, which may have introduced an element of bias; individuals who were in the low-proficiency group originally may have misrepresented their actual activity levels. Interestingly, the study did find gender differences in physical-activity levels at the follow-up, with women from the higher-proficiency group, as measured at age 6, having less time spent in sedentary behaviors, which is consistent with other research in this area (Bardid et al, 2013, Colley et al, 2011a2011b;Thomas & French, 1985).…”

“…Recent research (Bardid et al, 2013;Stodden et al, 2014) suggests that the development of FMS at a young age is linked to physical activity levels later in life.…”