The aim of this study was to examine differences in the performance of children with probable Developmental Coordination Disorder (p-DCD) and balance problems (BP) and typical developing children (TD) on a Wii Fit task and to measure the effect on balance skills after a Wii Fit intervention. Twenty-eight children with BP and 20 TD-children participated in the study. Motor performance was assess...

The aim of this study was to explore motor impairment in male adolescents suffering from psychiatric conditions. Taking into account the heterogeneity of a clinical population, motor profiles of distinctive diagnostic groups were evaluated. Whether or not motor ability discriminates between several diagnostic categories was investigated. The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Second...

AIM The aim was to determine the effect of a physical activity, diet, and behaviour modification intervention of 13 weeks, 3x per week for 60 minutes on the body composition and physical fitness of overweight and obese children. METHODS A convenience sample of 37 subjects with a mean age of 11 years (±0.99) was used, where 20 subjects (13 girls; seven boys) took part in the intervention and 1...

Data are equivocal regarding the long-term consequences of prenatal exposure to cocaine on school-aged children. We compared 101 children exposed prenatally to cocaine with 130 unexposed children on measures of intelligence, visual motor, and motor abilities at age 7 years. Bivariate analyses revealed that cocaine-exposed children scored significantly lower than comparison children on the abbre...

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility and potential effect a physical exercise package on motor proficiency children adolescents with Down syndrome. Methods: In research, an experimental design conducted in two special schools effectiveness identify its strengths weaknesses. Forty students syndrome were selected randomly divided into intervention control groups. ...

Introduction and Aim: Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a neurodevelopmental condition in children, with motor coordination disabilities. Children DCD not only exhibit poor coordination, but also experience performance physical activities are found to have fitness. The purpose of this study evaluate the cardio respiratory fitness children developmental disorder.
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Abstract This study aimed to measure the effects of video media on kindergarten children basic movement skills. Educators use many strategies assist their in acquiring skills kindergartens; The style teaching encompasses guided discovery, with a component and entire method approach supported by visual medias. research used an experimental design convenience sampling 40 from two classes kinderga...

Research has demonstrated the positive effects of different types physical activity, especially aquatic therapy for children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). As such, this study aimed to examine effect a response-oriented approach using exercise ASD on motor skills and executive function. In quasi-experimental design, 40 aged 7–10 years were randomly assigned one two groups: (ROA) group (n=...

the purpose of this current study was to investigate the influence of perceptual-motor trainings on motor skills of girls with trainable mental retardation. so 20 girls with trainable mental retardation in the town of marivan welfare organization with the average of 8/3 ±1/11 years and iq of 39/14±6/84 with purposive sampling method were studied. all girls were pretested. then samples based on ...