The relationship between motor competence and physical fitness from early childhood to early adulthood: a meta-analysis

T Utesch, F Bardid, D Büsch, B Strauss - Sports medicine, 2019 - Springer
Background Motor competence and physical fitness are important factors for promoting
positive trajectories of health over time. In 2008, Stodden and colleagues developed a …

Reinvest to assess: advancing approaches to motor competence measurement across the lifespan

RM Hulteen, B Terlizzi, TC Abrams, RS Sacko… - Sports Medicine, 2023 - Springer
Measurement of motor competence is a vital process to advancing knowledge in the field of
motor development. As motor competence is being more widely linked to research in other …

The validity and reliability of observational assessment tools available to measure fundamental movement skills in school-age children: A systematic review

LH Eddy, DD Bingham, KL Crossley, NF Shahid… - PloS one, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Background Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) play a critical role in ontogenesis. Many
children have insufficient FMS, highlighting the need for universal screening in schools …

Validity and reliability evidence for motor competence assessments in children and adolescents: A systematic review

RM Hulteen, LM Barnett, L True, NJ Lander… - Journal of Sports …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Valid and reliable tests of motor competence are necessary to allow researchers and
practitioners to quantify levels of motor competence, identify skill deficiencies, and determine …

Assessments related to the physical, affective and cognitive domains of physical literacy amongst children aged 7–11.9 years: a systematic review

C Shearer, HR Goss, LM Boddy, ZR Knowles… - Sports Medicine …, 2021 - Springer
Background Over the past decade, there has been increased interest amongst researchers,
practitioners and policymakers in physical literacy for children and young people and the …

Development of a self-report scale to assess children's perceived physical literacy

LM Barnett, E Mazzoli, M Hawkins… - … Education and Sport …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Background: The construct of physical literacy is gaining traction internationally and yet
measurement of physical literacy is in its infancy. This paper describes the development of a …

Normative values of the motor competence assessment (MCA) from 3 to 23 years of age

LP Rodrigues, C Luz, R Cordovil, P Bezerra… - Journal of science and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Objectives Growing evidence of the importance of motor competence for developing a
healthy lifestyle has been established in the last decade. Nonetheless, no single instrument …

Association between preschoolers' specific fine (but not gross) motor skills and later academic competencies: Educational implications

E Escolano-Pérez, ML Herrero-Nivela… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Motor development is an inseparable component of cognitive development. So, to develop
the mind, it is necessary to work the body. Therefore, Early Childhood Education curricula …

The influence of Motor competence on broader aspects of Health: a systematic review of the Longitudinal associations between Motor competence and cognitive and …

PJ Hill, MA Mcnarry, KA Mackintosh, MA Murray… - Sports Medicine, 2024 - Springer
Background Motor competence has important developmental associations with aspects of
physical health, but there has been no synthesis of longitudinal associations with cognitive …

Reliability of the test of gross motor development: A systematic review

E Rey, A Carballo-Fazanes, C Varela-Casal… - PLoS …, 2020 - journals.plos.org
Objective To identify, synthesise and evaluate studies that investigated the reliability of the
Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD) variants. Methods A systematic search was …