The Movement Assessment Battery for Children: A preliminary investigation of its usefulness in Japan

Miyahara, Motohide; Tsujii, Masatsugu; Hanai, Tadayuki; Jongmans, Marian J.; Barnett, Anna; Henderson, Sheila; Hori, Miwako; Nakanishi, Kazunori; Kageyama, Hidenori

doi:10.1016/s0167-9457(98)00018-9

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“…In this respect, the results of the present study add evidence to previous accounts demonstrating that the discriminative power of the balance items of the M-ABC is rather low (Miyahara et al, 1998;Van Waelvelde, De Weerdt, De Cock, & Smits-Engelsman, 2004). Post-hoc analysis showed that neither the sub-score for balance nor the score for unilateral stance (maximal time) did correlate significantly with the mean COG sway velocity in one of the mCTSIB-conditions (correlation coefficients between the time of one legged stance, sum of preferred and non-preferred leg, and postural sway were -.274, -.384, -.396, -.130 for FEO, FEC, FOEO, and FOEC, respectively).…”

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Sensory Contributions to Balance in Boys with Developmental Coordination Disorder

Deconinck

Clercq²,

Coster³

et al. 2008

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

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This study examined and compared the control of posture during bilateral stance in ten boys with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) of 6-8 years old and ten matched typically developing boys in four sensory conditions (with or without vision, on a firm or complaint surface). In all conditions mean postural sway velocity was larger for the boys with DCD, in spite of a normal score on the balance items of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children. A Group X Condition interaction revealed a larger dependency on vision in the boys with DCD when standing on a firm surface. These results suggest that in this specific subgroup of boys with DCD with predominantly problems in fine motor and

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 85%

Sensory Contributions to Balance in Boys with Developmental Coordination Disorder

Deconinck

Clercq²,

Coster³

et al. 2008

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

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“…Therefore it seems that the task DISCUSSION Performance in the manual dexterity component in MABC-2 was significantly higher (p < 0.05) in the 7-8 and 10 year old Czech girls in comparison to the means of the UK sample but not in the boys. The tendency of the girls to demonstrate a higher level of manual dexterity than the boys was reported in the previous studies using the first version of the MABC (Ruiz et al, 2003;Miyahara et al, 1998). This tendency, although in a small range, was observed in the Czech 7 and 8 year old children only when a medium size of gender effect (d = 0.52 and d = 0.57) on the manual dexterity score was found.…”

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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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“…Although several models and perspectives point in this direction (Bronfenbrenner & Carvalho-Barreto, 2011;Clark, 2005;Gallahue & Ozmun, 2006), few studies provide investigation of these associations (Venetsanou & Kambas, 2009). Given the presence of FMS in most sport games, several studies used the argument of the most popular sport culture could influence and explain inter cultural differences in motor performance (Aponte, French, & Sherrill, 1990;Chow, Henderson, & Barnett, 2001;Miyahara et al, 1998;Wong & Cheung, 2006). Nevertheless, to our knowledge no study investigated the direct influence of most popular sport in each country.…”

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A comparative study of the mastery of fundamental movement skills between different cultures

Santos

Pacheco²,

Basso

et al. 2016

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It has been suggested that guidance, encouragement and opportunity are crucial factors for children's motor development. They are especially important to promote the mastery of fundamental movement skills. The present study investigated the association between two elements related to those factors -proposed curriculum of physical education and the most popular sport in a given country -and the incidence of mastery in the FMS in children from 4 to 10 years of age. In order to carry out a cross-cultural comparison, three studies from different countries (Portugal, China and USA) that used TGMD-II were selected. The results indicated association between proposed curriculum and the number of children mastering FMS. This association increases in older age groups of children from USA, the most structured curriculum related to FMS, presenting the highest average percentage of mastery. Additionally, we did not find association of the most popular sports in a given country with the mastery of the related skill. These results are interpreted as evidence for the importance of guidance on the mastery of FMS.

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The Movement Assessment Battery for Children: A preliminary investigation of its usefulness in Japan

Cited by 91 publications

References 5 publications

Sensory Contributions to Balance in Boys with Developmental Coordination Disorder

Sensory Contributions to Balance in Boys with Developmental Coordination Disorder

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

A comparative study of the mastery of fundamental movement skills between different cultures

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