This study used a longitudinal method to investigate relations between motor abilities and mental health in young children. We analyzed data of 38 Japanese children who were 3–6 years old. administered the Movement Assessment Battery for Children–Second edition (MABC2) Strength Difficulties Questionnaire (SDQ) at 3–4 5–6 age: MABC2 was evaluate each child’s ability; SDQ assess degree their diff...

objectives: cerebral palsy (cp) describes a group of disorders in the development of movement and posture in the developing brain. the main aim of this study was to determine the distribution of motor impairment and associated disorders in a population of children with cp. methods: this study was carried out in 2011 during three months, on 200 cp children. multiple sources of ascertainment were...

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a disease characterized by pronounced inflammatory and destructive changes in joints, causing pain, reduction of functions and motor skills of patients [1]. Multidisciplinary approach to patients with rheumatoid arthritis takes into account the complex interaction of somatic and psychological factors and opens up new vistas in understanding the mental and motoric fu...

In the this study, both fine and gross motor ability of males with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were compared with a group of control children. Three groups of males with the following ADHD subtypes: predominantly inattentive (ADHD-PI; n = 50), hyperactive/impulsive (ADHD-HI; n = 16), or combined (ADHD-C; n = 38) were compared with 39 control males. Mean ages for the control ...

The present study asks when infants are able to selectively anticipate the goals of observed actions, and how this ability relates to infants' own abilities to produce those specific actions. Using eye-tracking technology to measure on-line anticipation, 6-, 8- and 10-month-old infants and a control group of adults were tested while observing an adult reach with a whole hand grasp, a precision ...

Objective. To investigate whether motor imagery ability recovers in stroke patients and to see what the relationship is between different types of imagery and motor functioning after stroke. Methods. 12 unilateral stroke patients were measured at 3 and 6 weeks poststroke on 3 mental imagery tasks. Arm-hand function was evaluated using the Utrecht Arm-Hand task and the Brunnström Fugl-Meyer Scal...

The aim of the present study was to examine the development of on-the-ball skills in soccer-specific laboratory test and to examine how traditional measures of body composition, hormone profile, physical fitness, general perceptual motor skills and soccer skills were related to performance measured in open skill environment among 10, 12, and 14-year-old regional male soccer players (n = 12/grou...