Review of Three Tests of Motor Proficiency in Children

Yoon, Dustin Y.; Scott, Katherine; Hill, Martha N.; Levitt, Naomi; Lambert, Estelle V.

doi:10.2466/pms.102.2.543-551

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“…The tasks are arranged from easy to difficult, so an individual's overall performance can be determined based on the difficulty of each task successfully performed. Even though the scoring is quite complex it appears useful for adolescents and adults with physical disabilities (Yoon et al, 2006), although there are no reported studies of its use with young adults with minor developmental impairments such as DCD. We have chosen to include this test at it assesses functional problems and activities of daily living which are not included in the other tests.…”

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A review of five tests to identify motor coordination difficulties in young adults

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Piek

2015

Research in Developmental Disabilities

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“…Most tests of motor proficiency and impairment have been developed for children up to 12 years of age (Cools, De Martelaer, Samaey, & Andries, 2009;Slater, Hillier, & Civetta, 2010;Wiart & Darrah, 2001;Yoon, Scott, Hill, Levitt, & Lambert, 2006). Despite this, some have been used to assess motor performance in adolescents or adults.…”

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A review of five tests to identify motor coordination difficulties in young adults

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Licari

Piek

2015

Research in Developmental Disabilities

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“…The BOT-2 BF was selected for its suitability to assess children with and without motor problems and strong test-retest reliability (Yoon et al, 2006), as well as being a validated assessment instrument for motor proficiency for participants aged between 4-21 years of age (Bruininks & Oseretsky, 2010). The BOT-2 BF consisted of 12 measures of motor proficiency, which are categorized into sub-tests to assess fine motor precision, fine motor integration, manual dexterity, bilateral co-ordination, balance, speed and agility, upper-limb co-ordination and strength.…”

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Influences of gender and socioeconomic status on the motor proficiency of children in the UK

Morley

Till

Ogilvie

et al. 2015

Human Movement Science

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As the development of movement skills are so crucial to a child's involvement in lifelong physical activity and sport, the purpose of this study was to assess the motor proficiency of children aged 4-7 years (range= 4.3-7.2 years), while considering gender and socioeconomic status. 369 children (176 females, 193 males, aged = 5.96±0.57 years) were assessed for Fine Motor Precision, Fine Motor Integration, Manual Dexterity, Bilateral Co-ordination, Balance, Speed and Agility, Upper-Limb Co-ordination and Strength. The average standard score for all participants was 44.4 ± 8.9, classifying the participants towards the lower end of the average score. Multivariate analysis of covariance identified significant effects for gender (p<0.001) and socioeconomic status (p<0.001). Females outperformed males for fine motor skills and boys outperformed girls for catch and dribble gross motor skills. High socioeconomic status significantly outperformed middle and / or low socioeconomic status for total, fine and gross motor proficiency. Current motor proficiency of primary children aged 4-7 years in the UK is just below average with differences evident between gender and socioeconomic status. Teachers and sport coaches working with primary aged children should concentrate on the development of movement skills, while considering differences between genders and socioeconomic status.

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“…The Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC) (Henderson & Sugden, 1992) has been recognized as one of the most frequently used, comprehensive and valid instruments for assessment of a child's motor proficiency including identification of motor impairments (Yoon, Scott, Hill, Levitt, & Lambert, 2006). On the basis of larger changes of the content and structure of the 1 st older version of the MABC, a revised 2 nd version of this test battery -the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) was created (Henderson, Sugden, & Barnett, 2007).…”

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The second version of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children: A comparative study in 7-10 year old children from the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom

Psotta¹,

Hendl²,

Frömel³

et al. 2012

Acta Gymnica

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BACKGROUND:The Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC) is one of the most frequently used instruments for motor assessment in children. The norms for motor performance in the tests of the revised second version of the battery (MABC-2) were established from the study with the representative sample of the United Kingdom (UK) population of children. Assessment of motor function development derived from results of the motor tests in children can be affected by some social and cultural factors.OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to evaluate the suitability of the original norms of the MABC-2 for use in the Czech Republic.METHODS: The results of the MABC-2 in the representative sample of Czech children aged 7-10 years (n = 487) were compared to test performance of the UK normative sample of children (n = 333) published in the MABC-2 Examiner's Manual using the Cohen's effect size and the z-test.RESULTS: Non-significant differences were found in gross motor coordination performance between Czech and UK samples. The Czech girls achieved significantly higher scores in the manual dexterity as compared to the UK sample. Most age groups of the Czech sample showed a significantly higher performance in the balance tests of the MABC-2 than the UK sample.CONCLUSIONS: The study suggested that the original norms of the MABC-2 can be valid for motor assessment only in the 7-8 year old Czech boys. Some adjustments of the UK norms for the manual dexterity and balance tests are needed to use this test battery in clinical, psychological and educational practice in the Czech Republic.

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Review of Three Tests of Motor Proficiency in Children

Cited by 51 publications

References 23 publications

A review of five tests to identify motor coordination difficulties in young adults

A review of five tests to identify motor coordination difficulties in young adults

Influences of gender and socioeconomic status on the motor proficiency of children in the UK

The second version of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children: A comparative study in 7-10 year old children from the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom

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