Title
Tracking of gross motor coordination in Portuguese children
Date Issued
17 January 2018
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Universidad Nacional de Educación Enrique Guzmán y Valle
Publisher(s)
Taylor & Francis
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to investigate the tracking of gross motor coordination (GMC) and to profile children at 6 years of age who consistently showed higher stability patterns in different levels of GMC. The participants were 245 children (123 boys and 122 girls) who were assessed longitudinally from 6 to 9 years of age. GMC was assessed using the Korperkoordinationtest fur Kinder (KTK) test battery. Anthropometry, physical activity, and health- and performance-related physical fitness were also measured. Cohen’s kappa (κ) was used to estimate tracking. Tracking was poor for all GMC tests (0.17 ≤ κ ≤ 0.38) and moderate for the GMC motor quotient (MQ) in both boys and girls (0.44 ≤ κ ≤ 0.45). Instability at the extremes was low in GMC tests and negligible for MQ. Children who consistently showed high GMC levels during the 4 years of follow-up were lighter, had lower body mass index and subcutaneous fat, and showed higher scores in physical fitness tests at 6 years of age than those who consistently had low GMC levels. In conclusion, GMC showed low-to-moderate tracking over time in childhood. However, children who consistently demonstrated high GMC levels over time had healthier profiles at 6 years of age.
Start page
220
End page
228
Volume
36
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ciencias del deporte y la aptitud física
Ciencias de la educación
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85014468391
PubMed ID
Source
Journal of Sports Sciences
ISSN of the container
02640414
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