Development of Motor Speed and Associated Movements from 5 to 18 Years

Autor/inn/en	Gasser, Theo; Rousson, Valentin; Caflisch, Jon; Jenni, Oskar G.
Titel	Development of Motor Speed and Associated Movements from 5 to 18 Years
Quelle	In: Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, 52 (2010) 3, S.256-263 (8 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0012-1622
DOI	10.1111/j.1469-8749.2009.03391.x
Schlagwörter	Children; Psychomotor Skills; Child Development; Measures (Individuals); Task Analysis; Gender Differences; Lateral Dominance; Age Differences; Individual Differences; Motor Reactions; Developmental Stages + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Child; Kind; Kinder; Psychomotorische Aktivität; Kindesentwicklung; Messdaten; Aufgabenanalyse; Geschlechterkonflikt; Hemisphärendominanz; Age; Difference; Age difference; Altersunterschied; Individueller Unterschied
Abstract	Aim: To study the development of motor speed and associated movements in participants aged 5 to 18 years for age, sex, and laterality. Method: Ten motor tasks of the Zurich Neuromotor Assessment (repetitive and alternating movements of hands and feet, repetitive and sequential finger movements, the pegboard, static and dynamic balance, diadochokinesis) were administered to 593 right-handed participants (286 males, 307 females). Results: A strong improvement with age was observed in motor speed from age 5 to 10, followed by a levelling-off between 12 and 18 years. Simple tasks and the pegboard matured early and complex tasks later. Simple tasks showed no associated movements beyond early childhood; in complex tasks associated movements persisted until early adulthood. The two sexes differed only marginally in speed, but markedly in associated movements. A significant laterality (p less than 0.001) in speed was found for all tasks except for static balance; the pegboard was most lateralized, and sequential finger movements least. Associated movements were lateralized only for a few complex tasks. We also noted a substantial interindividual variability. Interpretation: Motor speed and associated movements improve strongly in childhood, weakly in adolescence, and are both of developmental relevance. Because they correlate weakly, they provide complementary information. (As Provided).
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