Development of Basic Motor Skills from 3 to 10 Years of Age: Comparison by Sex and Age Range in Chilean Children

Overview

Journal Children (Basel)

Specialty Health Services

Date 2024 Jun 27

PMID 38929294

Authors

Juan Hurtado-Almonacid

Tomas Reyes-Amigo

Rodrigo Yanez-Sepulveda

Guillermo Cortes-Roco

Cristian Onate-Navarrete

Jorge Olivares-Arancibia

Jacqueline Paez-Herrera

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Abstract

Objective: to identify the level of motor development of children from 3 to 10 years of age according to sex and age group.

Methodology: We studied a sample with a total of 328 participants (girls = 170; boys = 158) at preschool ( = 154) and school levels ( = 174). The ages of the students ranged from 3 to 10 years, with a mean of 5.94 years (±2.53). TGMD2 was applied to identify motor development.

Results: boys and girls present low levels of physical activity, with most of them in the very poor, poor, and low-average categories ( = 182, 55.5%). Levels of motor development in locomotion, manipulation, and general development by age show significant differences ( = 0.000). However, levels of development by sex are not significant in manipulation, locomotion, and gross motor skills tests, respectively ( = 0.150, = 0.208, and = 0.210), and in relation to chronological age and motor development age show significant differences ( = 0.000).

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