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Relationships among integration of Primitive reflexes, Motor competence and Crawling in children

“…Regarding correlations between MC scores and reflex inhibition in group A, the Macb-2 total score showed negative and statistically correlations with ATNR, one of the most frequent reflexes in preschool children (Gieysztor et al, 2017), and MR. The latter may be justified by its relationship with balance and coordination (Goddard, 2014), which are the most common motor problems in children with psychomotor disorders (Pecuch et al, 2018) and are also skills that allow children to effectively participate in Physical Education (PE) lessons (Dalziell, Booth, Boyle & Mutrie, 2019) Likewise, in group A, manual dexterity presented significant correlations with MR and STNR, which could be justified considering the relationship between MR and coordination and balance already mentioned, and the transfer of these skills to ball games and sports (Goodard, 2005). These data suggest that children with movement difficulties show greater presence of these reflexes (Pecuch et al, 2020), which seems to affect their general coordination as well as their performance in tasks involving hand-eye coordination.…”