Efficacy of gross motor skill interventions in young children: an updated systematic review

Veldman, Sanne L C; Jones, Rachel A.; Okely, Anthony D.

doi:10.1136/bmjsem-2015-000067

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“…A recent study found that PAP moderates the efficacy of family‐based PA intervention such that families with the lowest levels of PAP benefited from PA counseling the most . Other studies have also highlighted the need to understand PAP more fully in order to enhance the poor overall success of PA interventions for children and to provide more sustainable effects via motor skills interventions in children …”

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“…10 Other studies have also highlighted the need to understand PAP more fully in order to enhance the poor overall success of PA interventions for children 11,12 and to provide more sustainable effects via motor skills interventions in children. 13 On one hand, thus far, research has mostly focused on the associations between PAP and child outcomes (eg, PA and sedentary behavior), but relatively little is known about the factors explaining PAP itself. In addition to children's PA and sedentary behaviors, 2 limited research literature suggests that PAP is positively associated with parental nurturance, 14 parents' own PA, 15 parents' perceived behavioral control over PAP, family income, 16 and parental education and professional status.…”

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Correlates of physical activity parenting: The Skilled Kids study

Laukkanen

Niemistö

Finni

et al. 2018

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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We examined the relationship between physical activity parenting (PAP) and child, family, and environmental factors in families. The participants were 840 families with young children (n = 993; 5.40 ± 1.14 years) and parents (n = 993; 35.8 ± 5.29 years). Parents' self-reported PAP (co-participation, (in)direct support, and encouragement), child-specific (sex, age, temperament, outdoor time, organized physical activity or sports, sedentary time, media time, PA enjoyment, motor skills compared to peers, PA, and sport facility use), family-specific (respondent's sex, age, education, exercise frequency, family income, family status, number of children in the family, child's birth order and partner's PAP, and exercise frequency), and environment-specific (residential density, access to sport and outdoor facilities, type of house, and access to electronic devices) factors were collected. Children's motor skills and anthropometrics were measured. After adjusting for the family cluster effect, child, family, and environmental factors were entered into a linear mixed-effects model, with PAP as the response variable. The final model consisted of statistically significant factors, and parental education, which was forced into the model. Nine child- and family-related factors explained 15% of parenting variance between the children and 52% between the families. Partner's PAP (B = 0.68, P < 0.001) had the strongest association, whereas the child's temperament (B = 0.08, P < 0.001) and birth order (B = -0.10, P < 0.001) had smaller but novel associations with the respondent's PAP. Partner's PAP and a range of child- and family-related factors should be considered when promoting parental support for child PA.

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Correlates of physical activity parenting: The Skilled Kids study

Laukkanen

Niemistö

Finni

et al. 2018

Scandinavian Med Sci Sports

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“…Effects of different interventions on the development of gross motor skills are still an important subject of scientific research [14,30,31 ]. Studies on interventions, which should be diverse, should be continued in typically developing children [5,16,22].…”

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The effects of extracurricular physical education classes on gross motor development in primary school children – pilot study

Skowroński

Skowrońska²,

Rutkowska

et al. 2019

Biomedical Human Kinetics

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SummaryStudy aim: The aim of the study was to investigate the changes in gross motor skills in children participating and not participating in a project of extracurricular physical education classes in primary schools called “From fun to sport”.Material and methods: Thirty-one children in the first grade of primary school participated in the study (16 boys and 15 girls). A pedagogical quasi-experiment was applied. Children from the experimental group participated in an additional 45-minute lesson. To assess gross motor skills the TGMD-2 (Test of Gross Motor Development-2) was used.Results: Statistically significant differences were observed in the level of gross motor skills between children attending extracurricular physical education classes and those who did not participate in such activities (GMDQ: Δ boys = 11.86, p = 0.032; Δ girls = 13.1, p = 0.036).Conclusion: The experiment revealed large effects of additional activities of the project on increase of children’s motor skills level. Additional time should be included in physical education for the development of gross motor skills in physical education classes at the initial stage of school education.

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“…Improving FMS may therefore lead to a reduction in the risk and rate of overweight and obesity, and its associated diseases, simply through increasing PA levels [30][31][32]. Recent studies have found that an effective way to improve FMS in children is through a structured FMS intervention [29,33]. Recommendations are that early childhood education centres should implement 'planned' motor skill programs to promote children's physical development [29].…”

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Study Protocol: The Effect of a Fundamental Motor Skills Intervention in a Preschool Setting on Fundamental Motor Skills and Physical Activity: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

Engel¹,

Broderick²,

Ward³

et al. 2018

Clin Pediatr OA

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Fundamental motor skills (FMS) are the building blocks to specialist movements that are used throughout one's life in all forms of physical activity (PA) and sports involvement. FMS are acquired through a combination of active play and structured exercise programs. The preschool years have been identified as the critical time to develop FMS Active children experience health benefits such as decreased systolic blood pressure, depressive symptoms, weight gain, and improved concentration, academic performance and bone mineral density. Links have been identified between FMS proficiency and increased PA levels. This study aims to develop and deliver a structured FMS program for preschool aged children (age 3-5 years) in a childcare setting and determine whether it is associated with a change in PA levels and anthropometric measures.A randomized cluster control design will be employed. PLAYFun is a 12-week, games based FMS program aimed to provide children with the chance to learn, practice and develop their FMS within a preschool setting. Participants will be recruited from 4 childcare centres and will be eligible if they are aged 3-5 years and do not have developmental delay/chronic conditions that inhibit participation in PA. Centres will be randomized using concealed allocation. The control group will continue to receive usual childcare play activities while the intervention group will receive a supervised FMS intervention 2-5 sessions/week for 30 minutes duration in addition to usual childcare activities. Outcome measures will be measured pre-, post and 12-weeks post intervention. Intention to treat analysis will be used and effects on the primary outcomes will be calculated by difference between mean group scores accounting for baseline scores.The authors believe the childcare setting may provide the ideal environment to emphasize the development of movement patterns that will be used throughout life and potentially enhance participation in physical activity.

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Efficacy of gross motor skill interventions in young children: an updated systematic review

Cited by 85 publications

References 25 publications

Correlates of physical activity parenting: The Skilled Kids study

Correlates of physical activity parenting: The Skilled Kids study

The effects of extracurricular physical education classes on gross motor development in primary school children – pilot study

Study Protocol: The Effect of a Fundamental Motor Skills Intervention in a Preschool Setting on Fundamental Motor Skills and Physical Activity: A Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial

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