ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2024
Changes in Motor Competence of 4-8-Year-Old Children: A Longitudinal Study.
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- Individualized Network Topography in Pre-adolescent Children and Adults Using Naturalistic Precision fMRI.The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience · 2026Article
- Associations Between Exercise Experiences in the Home Environment During Early Childhood and Motor Skill Development in Preschool Children: A Longitudinal Follow-Up Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
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- The interrelationships between developmental domains in 3- to 6-year-olds with fine and gross motor developmental risks-results of a prospective dynamic cohort study.BMC pediatrics · 2026Article
- Characteristics of Children with an Undesirable Motor Competence Development During the Transition from Early to Middle Childhood: Results of a 2-Year Longitudinal Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Impact and Implementation of an Early Years Fundamental Motor Skills Intervention for Children 4-5 Years.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
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objectivesThe development of children's motor competence (MC) from early to middle childhood can follow different courses. The purpose of this longitudinal study was to describe and quantify the prevalence of patterns of MC development from early to middle childhood and to identify undesirable patterns.
designThe study used a longitudinal design. Data were collected in three consecutive years, between February 2020 (T0) and May 2022 (T2).
methodsA total of 1128 typically developing Dutch children (50.2% male) between 4 and 6 years old at baseline (M = 5.35 ± 0.69 years) participated in this study. MC was measured with the Athletic Skills Track and converted into Motor Quotient (MQ) scores. To convert all individual MQ scores into meaningful patterns of MC development, changes in MQ categories were analyzed between the different timepoints.
resultsA total of 11 different developmental patterns were found. When grouping the different patterns, five undesirable patterns were found with 18.2% of the children, showing an undesirable pattern of MC development between T0 and T2. The patterns of motor development of the other children showed a normal or fluctuating course.
conclusionsThere is a lot of variation in MC in early and middle childhood. A substantial percentage of young children showed undesirable MC developmental patterns emphasizing the need for early and targeted interventions.
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