Mobile Application for Analysing the Development of Motor Skills in Children

Naya, David Moreno; Vázquez-Araújo, Francisco J.; Castro, Paula M.; Costa, Jamile Vivas; Dapena, Adriana; Doníz, Luz González

doi:10.3390/proceedings2020054046

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“…We are grateful for the award given by CITIC to the original conference paper presented in XoveTIC entitled "Mobile application for analyzing the development of motor skills in children" [36]. We also thank the management of the educational center CEIP Francisco Vales Vilamarín (Betanzos, A Coruña) for their collaboration in the development of this study.…”

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Utilization of a Mobile Application for Motor Skill Evaluation in Children

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The detection of needs in educational reinforcement must be done in the early stages of childhood during primary education to improve the acquisition of motor skills. An adequate early intervention can solve some detected difficulties, thus contributing to children’s motor progress and mitigating possible deficiencies such as weak motor coordination. In this work, we present a mobile application (app) that allows physiotherapists to design activities for the evaluation of motor skills. These activities can be adapted to the child’s progress and the corresponding reinforcement needs. We tested the app with children from ages 6 to 12, corresponding to the six primary school grades. The results show that these children did not have notable motor difficulties, although children in lower primary school years showed a higher level of error in movement precision. The results allow us to establish reference values for a future comparison with collectives with motor difficulties.

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confidence: 94%