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Table 1 Movement skill performance in 5-6 year old preschool children

From: Physical activity and motor skills in children attending 43 preschools: a cross-sectional study

 

Girls

Boys

T-test

 

N

Mean (SD)

N

Mean (SD)

p-value

Total

308

 

299

  

MABC-2 a selected subtest

     

Manual dexterity

     

 Coins in box, preferred hand, sec

285

17.8 (2.2)

281

18.4(2.4)

 

 Coins in a box, other hand, sec

284

19.9 (3.0)

281

20.2(3.3)

 

 Total coins in a box, norm scorec

284

10.8 (2.2)

281

10.4 (2.4)

0.10

Aiming and catching

     

 Catch a beanbag, n

285

7.4 (2.1)

281

7.6(2.1)

 

 Throw a beanbag onto mat, n

285

6.1 (1.9)

281

6.7(2.0)

 

 Total aiming and catching, norm scorec

285

10.6 (2.7)

281

11.3 (2.9)

<0.01

Balance skills

     

 Balance preferred leg, sec

284

26.2(7.1)

281

23.4(8.7)

 

 Balance other leg, sec

284

21.9(9.3)

281

18.4(10)

 

 Total balance on one leg, norm scorec

284

12.1(2.5)

281

11.2(2.8)

<0.001

KTK b all subtest

     

Motor coordination

     

 Walking backwards, steps

284

33.5 (14.3)

280

30 (14)

 

 Walking backwards, norm score

284

104.0 (16.7)

280

100.2 (16.1)

 

 Hopping on one leg, points

284

15.6 (9.2)

281

14.2 (10.3)

 

 Hopping on one leg, norm score

284

86.0 (14.1)

281

96.6 (14.1)

 

 Jumping sideways, jumps

284

27.9 (8.6)

281

26.8 (8.2)

 

 Jumping sideways, norm score

284

95.2 (14.5)

281

98.7 (15.9)

 

 Moving sideways, shifts n

284

28.1 (5.4)

281

27.8 (6.1)

 

 Moving sideways, norm score

284

98.0 (12.3)

281

97.5 (13.3)

 

 Total KTK, sum of raw scores

284

105.2 (30.0)

280

99.0 (31.4)

 

 Total KTK, norm scorec

284

94.4 (14.8)

280

97.7 (14.9)

<0.05

  1. aSelected subtests from the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC-2).
  2. bKörper Koordinationstest für Kindern (KTK).
  3. cTest for gender differences in selected MS tests.
  4. For each test raw test scores (sec, n, steps, points, jumps, shifts) and calculated norm-referenced scores (mean (SD)) being 10(3) for MABC-2 and 100(15) for KTK are presented.
  5. T-test tested for gender differences in the mean norm-referenced score in selected MABC-2 tests and the KTK test.