Reliability and validity of the Finnish version of Motor Observation Questionnaire for Teachers (MOQ-T-FI)

© 2015 The Authors Published by Swiss Medical Press GmbH | www.swissmedicalpress.com Journal of Comorbidity 2015;5:32–109 Method: 35 DCD and 35 TD children aged 4-10 years from South Africa participated in this study. The Movement Assessment of children 2nd edition (MABC-2), the muscle endurance items and standing long jump of the Functional Strength Measurement (FSM), the running speed and agility items of the Bruininks Oseretsky Test-2nd edition (BOT2), the 10x5 sprint and the 10x5 sprint slalom were administrated. The Mann Witney U test was performed to calculate differences between the TD and DCD-group. We investigated if the differences increase if agility demands of a task increase. Factor analysis was used to evaluate the factors within the total dataset and if the loading was comparable between the DCD and TC children. Results: The DCD children had significant lower performance on all tested items except for lifting a box. Difference between groups increased in tasks with higher agility demands. Factor analyses showed that there were 3 factors present in the dataset explaining 67% of the variance. The loading of the factors was different in DCD and TD children. Discussion: Children with DCD have lower levels of fitness. This study also demonstrated that the construct of the different items in DCD children is different from TD children. Dimensions measured differ per population tested. The coordination/agility problems in DCD children influenced performance on muscle strength and anaerobic endurance tests. This information has to take in consideration when interpreting test results.