SynthesisFrontiers in sports and active living2024
Research progress on the relationship between fine motor skills and academic ability in children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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Effectiveness of Body Awareness Training on Motor Skills, Activity Performance, and Participation in Children With Intellectual Disabilities: A Randomized Controlled Study
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9 citing papers in PubMed.
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- From toddler to school age: longitudinal motor and cognitive outcomes in children with critical congenital heart disease.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Fine motor skills at preschool age and later academic skills: an indirect-effects analysis involving executive function in high-altitude Tibetan preschoolers.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Gross Motor Proficiency and Reading Abilities Among Chinese Primary School Students.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- ADHD comorbidity in preschoolers with developmental language disorder: comparative neurodevelopmental profiles and associated risk factors.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Evaluation of Reaction Time and Hand-Eye Coordination in Schoolchildren Using Wearable Sensor-Based Systems: A Study with Neural Trainer Devices.Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Tracing the Cognitive-Motor Connection: Prospective-Longitudinal Associations Between Early Parent-Toddler Literacy Activities and Subsequent Gross Motor Skills at School Entry.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Case-control accuracy study for TOY8 digital developmental screening tool for detecting delays among children aged 3-5 years.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Determinants of Early Child Development.Sage open pediatricsArticle
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Abstract
Background: In recent years, an increasing number of scholars have begun to focus on the relationship between children's motor development and school activities, with the relationship between children's fine motor skills and academic achievement being a particularly researched area. However, due to different research perspectives among scholars, the results in this field have been somewhat controversial. Therefore, this study aims to delve deeper into the relationship between children's fine motor skills and their various academic abilities through systematic review and meta-analysis. Method: English databases (PubMed, Web of Science, Embase) and Chinese databases (CNKI, Wei Pu) were searched, and a quantitative meta-analysis was conducted using STATA software, along with a systematic descriptive analysis of the included literature. Results: From the 1,147 documents retrieved, 11 studies were ultimately included. All meta-analysis results are significant, and there is a medium correlation between fine motor skills and reading ability, a larger correlation is observed with mathematical ability. In the subgroup analysis of each fine motor skill component and academic ability, except for the fine motor coordination, which shows only a small correlation with reading ability, the variables in the other subgroups all exhibit a medium degree of correlation. Notably, the correlation between visual-motor integration and mathematical ability is the strongest in subgroup ( Conclusion: The meta-analysis provides evidence supporting a positive and statistically significant correlation between preschool children's fine motor skills and learning outcomes. However, the scope of academic abilities examined in this domain is predominantly confined to mathematics and reading. Moreover, existing research largely focuses on surface-level correlational analyses, necessitating deeper exploration into the underlying mechanisms. Systematic Review Registration: https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/PROSPERO/, identifier (CRD42023415498).
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