–5 years in the 50 states in the United States were examined in this study. A research team, consisting of three faculty, one postdoctoral research fellow, and two graduate students specializing in public health, exercise science, physical therapy, and motor development developed a joint plan to identify
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A Review of Motor Skill Development in State-Level Early Learning Standards for Preschoolers in the United States
Anne R. Lindsay, Courtney Coughenour, Layne Case, Jacob Bevell, Victoria Fryer, and Ali Brian
Exploring an Alternative to Record Motor Competence Assessment: Interrater and Intrarater Audio–Video Reliability
Cristina Menescardi, Aida Carballo-Fazanes, Núria Ortega-Benavent, and Isaac Estevan
-Díaz , J , Barcala-Furelos , R. , & Abelairas-Gómez , C. ( 2021 ). Intra-rater (live vs. video assessment) and inter-rater (expert vs. novice) reliability of the test of gross motor development—Third edition . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 ( 4 ), Article
Correlates of Fundamental Motor Skills in the Early Years (0–4 Years): A Systematic Review
Sanne L.C. Veldman, Jessica S. Gubbels, Amika S. Singh, Johan M. Koedijker, Mai J.M. Chinapaw, and Teatske M. Altenburg
Supplementary Material S2 [available online]). The tool was developed in the Effective Public Health Practice Project contains 19 items divided over eight quality criteria: selection bias, study design, confounders, blinding, data collection methods, withdrawals and dropouts, intervention integrity, and data
The Körperkoordinations Test Für Kinder for Iranian Youth: Factor Structure, Measurement Invariance, and Covariates
Sedigheh Salami, Paulo Felipe Ribeiro Bandeira, Clarice Martins, Louise L. Hardy, Amir Shams, and Parvaneh Shamsipour Dehkordi
. , Jidovtseff , B. , … Duncan , M. ( 2021 ). A narrative review of motor competence in children and adolescents: What we know and what we need to find out . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18 ( 1 ), Article 18 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18010018 Lubans , D
Associations of Monitor-Independent Movement Summary and Health-Related Fitness With Gross Motor Skills in Young Children
Ryan Donald Burns, You Fu, Yang Bai, and Wonwoo Byun
The purpose of this study was to determine the associations of device-based assessments of physical activity (PA) and health-related fitness (HRF) with gross motor skills (GMS) in preschool-aged children. Participants were 3- to 5-year-old children (N = 316; 49.6% female) who participated in the 2012 National Youth Fitness Survey. GMS was assessed using the gross motor quotient calculated from the Test for Gross Motor Development—Second Edition. PA was assessed using wrist-worn ActiGraph GT3X accelerometers with raw triaxial acceleration data summarized using monitor-independent movement summary units (MIMS). Analyzed metrics included average MIMS per day and peak 30-min MIMS. HRF assessment consisted of a plank score and a sum of skinfold assessment. Weighted hierarchical regressions tested the associations between PA, HRF, and GMS variables with a secondary weighted mediation analysis that examined whether HRF mediated the association between PA and GMS. Peak 30-min MIMS significantly correlated with GMS (b = 0.17, p = .005). Plank scores had the strongest correlation with GMS (b = 0.23, p = .004), and weighted mediation analyses revealed that plank scores partially mediated the association between peak 30-min MIMS and GMS (indirect effect = 0.03, p = .01, 23.1% mediation). Peak 30-min MIMS significantly associated with GMS in preschool children, an association partially mediated by core muscular endurance.
The Effect of Attentional Focus on Real-Time Conscious Motor Processing During Tandem Walking in Young Adults
Shamoon S. Shahzada, Toby C.T. Mak, and Thomson W.L. Wong
The theory of reinvestment in experimental psychology suggested that automated performance could be degraded if attention was internally diverted to the process of skill execution. This study examined the role of attentional focus instructions on real-time conscious motor processing (i.e., reinvestment) during tandem walking. Thirty-six young adults (mean age = 20.94, SD = 1.43 years) participated; their electroencephalography T3–Fz coherence (i.e., real-time reinvestment) was measured during three walking conditions with different attentional focus instructions: external focus, internal focus, and control conditions. The results suggested that attentional focus instructions did not significantly affect real-time conscious motor processing during tandem walking in young adults, possibly due to the low level of motor task complexity of walking by young adults. The Movement-Specific Reinvestment Scale appears to be not sensitive enough to reflect the real-time reinvestment during gait-related movements in young adults.
Motor Development Research: II. The First Two Decades of the 21st Century Shaping Our Future
Jill Whitall, Farid Bardid, Nancy Getchell, Melissa M. Pangelinan, Leah E. Robinson, Nadja Schott, and Jane E. Clark
class-time sitting, stepping and sit-to-stand transitions with cognitive functions and brain activity in children . International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 16 ( 9 ), 1482 . PubMed ID: 31027380 doi:10.3390/ijerph16091482 10.3390/ijerph16091482 McClelland , M
Essential Motor Skills and Evidence-Based Activities for Enhancing Child Motor Skill Development During Out-of-School Time Programming: An Expert Consensus Study
Peter Stoepker, Duke Biber, Brian Dauenhauer, Leah E. Robinson, and David A. Dzewaltowski
potential public health approach to impact the overall health trajectories of children and adolescents and should be considered an essential component of OST programming. Locomotor Skills It should be noted that one of the five identified motor skills highlighted by the experts was locomotor skills (i
Do Fundamental Movement Skill Domains in Early Childhood Predict Engagement in Physical Activity of Varied Intensities Later at School Age? A 3-Year Longitudinal Study
Maria Kasanen, Arto Laukkanen, Donna Niemistö, Jimi Kotkajuuri, Nanne-Mari Luukkainen, and Arja Sääkslahti
preventing disease and improving public health ( Park et al., 2020 ). For these reasons, the underlying mechanisms of PA behaviors are important to understand. Understanding that the underlying mechanisms of PA, such as fundamental movement skills (FMS), start in early childhood is crucial. FMS refer to the
Motor Competence Among Children in the United Kingdom and Ireland: An Expert Statement on Behalf of the International Motor Development Research Consortium
Michael J. Duncan, Lawrence Foweather, Farid Bardid, Anna L. Barnett, James Rudd, Wesley O’Brien, Jonathan D. Foulkes, Clare Roscoe, Johann Issartel, Gareth Stratton, and Cain C.T. Clark
( O’Donnell et al., 2020 ). Consequently, the promotion of PA and efforts to reduce overweight and obesity in children remain key public health priorities in both the United Kingdom and Ireland. The United Kingdom and Ireland have a well-established research base in MC, ranging from reporting and
