Assessing fundamental motor skills in Belgian children aged 3-8 years highlights differences to US reference sample
Bardid, Farid and Huyben, Floris and Lenoir, Matthieu and Seghers, Jan and De Martelaer, Kristine and Goodway, Jacqueline D and Deconinck, Frederik J A (2016) Assessing fundamental motor skills in Belgian children aged 3-8 years highlights differences to US reference sample. Acta Paediatrica, 105 (6). e281-e290. ISSN 0803-5253 (https://doi.org/10.1111/apa.13380)
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Abstract
AIM: This study aimed to understand the fundamental motor skills (FMS) of Belgian children using the process-oriented Test of Gross Motor Development, Second Edition (TGMD-2) and to investigate the suitability of using the United States (USA) test norms in Belgium. METHODS: FMS were assessed using the TGMD-2. Gender, age and motor performance were examined in 1614 Belgian children aged 3-8 years (52.1% boys) and compared with the US reference sample. RESULTS: More proficient FMS performance was found with increasing age, from 3 to 6 years for locomotor skills and 3 to 7 years for object control skills. Gender differences were observed in object control skills, with boys performing better than girls. In general, Belgian children had lower levels of motor competence than the US reference sample, specifically for object control skills. The score distribution of the Belgian sample was skewed, with 37.4% scoring below average and only 6.9% scoring above average. CONCLUSION: This study supported the usefulness of the TGMD-2 as a process-oriented instrument to measure gross motor development in early childhood in Belgium. However, it also demonstrated that caution is warranted when using the US reference norms.
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Bardid, Farid ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8591-0596, Huyben, Floris, Lenoir, Matthieu, Seghers, Jan, De Martelaer, Kristine, Goodway, Jacqueline D and Deconinck, Frederik J A;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 58163 Dates: DateEvent30 June 2016Published22 March 2016Published Online22 February 2016AcceptedNotes: ©2016 Foundation Acta Paediatrica. Published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd. Subjects: Education > Special aspects of education Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Institute of Education > Education Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 17 Oct 2016 10:06 Last modified: 06 Nov 2024 02:51 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/58163