ERIC Number: EJ1131045
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Publication Date: 2017
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Tracking of Gross Motor Coordination from Childhood into Adolescence
Lima, Rodrigo Antunes; Bugge, Anna; Pfeiffer, Karin Allor; Andersen, Lars Bo
Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, v88 n1 p52-59 2017
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to analyze tracking and stability of motor coordination in children from age 6 years to ages 9 and 13 years. Method: Data were from the Copenhagen School Child Intervention Study. Motor coordination (MC) was measured using the körperkoordinationstest für Kinder (KTK) test. The crude performance score on every item was converted into a standardized "score" based on the original German reference study, which was used to generate a total standardized motor coordination (MQ) score. The MQ scores, which represented children's level of gross MC, were classified as low (MQ score <85), normal (MQ score = 85-115), or high (MQ score >115). Pearson correlation was used to calculate the tracking coefficients of each KTK element and MQ score, and weighted kappa was used to analyze maintenance in MC classification groups. Mixed-effects logistic regression analyses were performed to examine the odds of remaining in the low MC group over time based on body mass index (BMI), weight, and height tertiles. Results: Tracking coefficients among the MQ score and each KTK element at different ages were moderate (r >0.35). Children in the highest BMI and weight tertiles had a 5.44 and 5.15 times greater chance to be in the lower MC classification group during the 7-year follow-up, respectively, in comparison with children in their lowest tertiles. Conclusion: MC tracked moderately through childhood to early adolescence. Because heavier children had a greater chance to be in the lower MC group at older ages, intervention may be useful at earlier ages for those with lower MC and disadvantageous weight status.
Descriptors: Perceptual Motor Coordination, Children, Preadolescents, Early Adolescents, Foreign Countries, Correlation, Classification, Regression (Statistics), Body Composition, Body Weight, Body Height, Comparative Analysis, Longitudinal Studies
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Denmark
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