Drawing and handwriting are important fine motor skills acquired during childhood and adolescence. The process of writing can be analyzed from different perspectives ( Berninger & Chanquoy, 2012 ). In this study, the result of developing handwriting skills is seen as a hand motor activity producing
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Development of Laterality and Bimanual Interference of Fine Motor Movements in Childhood and Adolescence
Brenda Carolina Nájera Chávez, Stefan Mark Rueckriegel, Roland Burghardt, and Pablo Hernáiz Driever
Development of Temporal and Spatial Bimanual Coordination During Childhood
Betteco J. de Boer, C. (Lieke) E. Peper, and Peter J. Beek
Developmental changes in bimanual coordination were examined in four age groups: 6/7, 10/11, 14/15 years, and young adults. Temporal coupling was assessed through the stabilizing contributions of interlimb interactions related to planning, error correction, and reflexes during rhythmic wrist movements, by comparing various unimanual and bimanual tasks involving passive and active movements. Spatial coupling was assessed via bimanual line-circle drawing. With increasing age, temporal stability improved. Relative contributions of planning and reflex interactions to the achieved stability did not change, whereas error correction improved. In-phase and antiphase coordination developed at similar rates; implications of this result were discussed in terms of mirror-activity inhibition. Overall spatial drawing performance (circularity, variability, smoothness) improved with age, and spatial interference was smaller in adults than children. Whereas temporal coupling increased from 6/7 years to adulthood, spatial coupling changed mainly after 14/15 years. This difference in the development of temporal and spatial coupling corresponds to the anterior-posterior direction of corpus callosum myelination as reported in the literature.
Assessing Hopping Developmental Level in Childhood Using Wearable Inertial Sensor Devices
Ilaria Masci, Giuseppe Vannozzi, Nancy Getchell, and Aurelio Cappozzo
Assessing movement skills is a fundamental issue in motor development. Current process-oriented assessments, such as developmental sequences, are based on subjective judgments; if paired with quantitative assessments, a better understanding of movement performance and developmental change could be obtained. Our purpose was to examine the use of inertial sensors to evaluate developmental differences in hopping over distance. Forty children executed the task wearing the inertial sensor and relevant time durations and 3D accelerations were obtained. Subjects were also categorized in different developmental levels according to the hopping developmental sequence. Results indicated that some time and kinematic parameters changed with some developmental levels, possibly as a function of anthropometry and previous motor experience. We concluded that, since inertial sensors were suitable in describing hopping performance and sensitive to developmental changes, this technology is promising as an in-field and user-independent motor development assessment tool.
Patterns of Movement Performance and Consistency From Childhood to Old Age
Jessica Prebor, Brittany Samulski, Cortney Armitano-Lago, and Steven Morrison
al., 2018 ; Vieluf et al., 2017 ; Williams et al., 2005 ). Furthermore, when individual reaction time values are plotted across the lifespan, a U-shaped curve is often observed with higher (slower/more variable) values in childhood, lower (faster/less variable) values in young adulthood, and higher
Temporal Consistency and Movement Effort of Repetitive Reaching During Continuation in Children and Adults
Victoria Galea, Robyn Traynor, and Michael Pierrynowski
et al., 2006 ; Greene & Williams, 1993 ; Rosenbusch & Gardner, 1968 ; Sasaki, 1997 ; Whitall et al., 2008 ). Results from this study confirm the notion that movement variability, here related to temporal consistency, improves with age, from childhood to early adulthood. In continuation tasks
New Insight on Motor Behavior: The Link Between the Hopping Task and the Tracing Performance as Hint of Gross and Fine Motor Functions
Danilo Bondi, Sergio Di Sano, Vittore Verratti, Giampiero Neri, Tiziana Aureli, and Tiziana Pietrangelo
, Bianchi, Maia, & Rodrigues, 2012 ) and its predictive role on physical activity levels in childhood ( Lopes, Rodrigues, Maia, & Malina, 2011 ), we also included anthropometrics and sport participation data in this comprehensive evaluation as well. Indeed, the engagement on different sports, in addition to
The Imitation Game in Children With Tourette Syndrome: A Lack of Impulse Control to Mirror Environmental Stimuli
Matteo Briguglio, Roberta Galentino, Sara De Michele, Bernardo Dell’Osso, Leonardo Fogassi, and Mauro Porta
Even if the storing capacity of humans is limited, they are capable of processing a vast amount of environmental data. The epigenetic makeup helps them to select useful information during childhood to let the brain grow through the interaction with the environment, driving behaviors. Experiences or
Effect of Motor Development Levels on Kinematic Synergies During Two-Hand Catching in Children
Marzie Balali, Shahab Parvinpour, and Mohsen Shafizadeh
Fundamental motor skills (FMS) are the building blocks of the advanced sport and recreational skills that should be developed in childhood because of their significant roles in the later periods of life ( Lubans, Morgan, Cliff, Barnett, & Okely, 2010 ). It is evident that the failure to master the
The Influence of a Warm-Up on Vigilance in University Students
Francisco Tomás González-Fernández, Alfonso Castillo-Rodriguez, Sixto González-Víllora, and David Hortigüela-Alcalá
sportive success. In addition, it is related to various aspects of learning and memory and is crucial for learning and remembering information ( Perlman et al., 2014 ; Rabiner et al., 2016 ). Therefore, we can deduce the great importance of this capacity in childhood and adolescence due to the constant
Effect of Maximally Relaxed Lying Posture on the Severity of Stuttering in Young Adults Who Stutter
Abdulaziz Almudhi and Hamayun Zafar
figures are universal. Considering the prevalence of stuttering in terms of age, it is estimated that the prevalence would be 5% in childhood and 1% in adults ( Bloodstein & Ratner, 2008 ). The drop in the prevalence rate with age would reflect recovery. In other words, most persons who stutter (PWS) may
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