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Gross motor skill acquisition in adolescents with Down syndrome [PDF]

open access: yesDown Syndrome Research and Practice, 2006
The purpose of this study was to assess whether verbal-motor performances deficits exhibited by individuals with Down syndrome limited their ability to acquire gross motor skills when given visual and verbal instruction together and then transferred to either a visual or verbal instructional mode to reproduce the movement.
Sarah, Meegan   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Increasing physical activity among young children from disadvantaged communities: study protocol of a group randomised controlled effectiveness trial

open access: yesBMC Public Health, 2016
Background Participation in regular physical activity (PA) during the early years helps children achieve healthy body weight and can substantially improve motor development, bone health, psychosocial health and cognitive development.
Rebecca M. Stanley   +17 more
doaj   +1 more source

Embodied Processes between Maths and Gross-motor Skills

open access: yesProcedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences, 2015
AbstractOver the last fifteen years, in several research areas, there has been a lot of studies about “embodied” cognition, ie the emerging view that considers cognitive processes deeply rooted in the interaction of the body with the world (Lakoff & Johnson, 1999).
Rio Laura   +2 more
openaire   +8 more sources

Are active video games useful in the development of gross motor skills among non-typically developing children? A meta-analysis

open access: yesBMC Sports Science, Medicine and Rehabilitation, 2022
Background Proficiency in gross motor skills (GMS) lays the foundation for developing more complex motor skills. Improving these motor skills may provide enhanced opportunities for the development of a variety of perceptual, social, and cognitive skills.
Sen Li   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Gross Motor Skills: Outbound Activities in Elementary Students

open access: yesJUARA : Jurnal Olahraga, 2020
This study aims to determine the development of gross motor skills of elementary school students through outbound game activities. The research method used was one group pretest-posttest design to find out the motor development of students. Twenty Elementary School students at Tasikmalaya Laboratory in grade 1 were involved in this study.
Lutfi Nur   +2 more
openaire   +2 more sources

The effect of the Nintendo Wii Fit on the balance control and gross motor function of children with spastic hemiplegic cerebral palsy [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Includes bibliographical references (p.181-200).Background: Balance and postural control are an integral part of gross motor function in activities of daily living.
Pronk, Marieke Daniela
core   +1 more source

BERMAIN DALAM RANGKA MENGEMBANGKAN MOTORIK PADA ANAK USIA DINI

open access: yesJurnal Indria: Jurnal Ilmiah Pendidikan Prasekolah dan Sekolah Awal, 2016
Outdoor playing emphasis on the development of gross motor coordination, namely the leg muscles, hands and body flexibility, while developing fine motor skills are usually carried out by playing in the room.
Lydia Ersta Kusumaningtyas
doaj   +1 more source

The Effect of Environmental Contexts from Ecological Perspective on Motor Development and Creativity of Children

open access: yesاندیشه‌های نوین تربیتی, 2021
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of environmental contexts from ecological perspective on motor development and creativity of children. For this purpose, the semi-experimental method with pre-test and post-test design was used with
Kosar Abbaspour   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Visual and Skill Effects on Soccer Passing Performance, Kinematics and Outcome Estimations [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
The role of visual information and action representations in executing a motor task was examined from a mental representations approach. High-skill (n = 20) and low-skill (n = 20) soccer players performed a passing task to two targets at distances of 9 ...
Itay Basevitch (4217308)   +15 more
core   +1 more source

The Effect of Functional Play towards Gross Motor Skill for Children with Autism

open access: yesJournal of ICSAR, 2018
The development of gross motor skill for children with autism mostly is not appropriate with their chronological age. Particularly, it is occurred to the coordination ability such as throwing and catching ball, which emphasized on the strength, endurance,
Susi Marta Handayani   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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