Supervised physical training improves fine motor skills of 5-year-old children
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Article Title | Supervised physical training improves fine motor skills of 5-year-old children |
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ERA Journal ID | 211947 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Qi, Yugang (Author), Tan, Sijie (Author), Sui, Mingyang (Author) and Wang, Jianxiong (Author) |
Journal Title | Brazilian Journal of Sports Medicine |
Journal Citation | 24 (1), pp. 9-12 |
Number of Pages | 4 |
Year | 2018 |
Publisher | Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina do Esporte |
Brazilian Society of Sports Medicine | |
Place of Publication | Brazil |
ISSN | 1517-8692 |
1806-9940 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1590/1517-869220182401177117 |
Web Address (URL) | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-86922018000100009&lng=en&tlng=en |
Abstract | Introduction: Fine motor skills are important for children not only in the activities of daily living, but also for learning activities. In the present study, the effects of supervised physical training were investigated in normal children. Objective: To evaluate the effects of supervised training by combining full-body exercise and the eye-hand coordination activities to improve fine motor skills in a group of five-year-old normal children. Methods: Fifty-two children were selected and randomized in exercise and control groups. The exercise group participated in three 30-minute training sessions per week for 24 weeks. Results: The fine motor skills and hand grip strength of the exercise group were significantly increased, while there was no significant change in the control group during the experimental period. Conclusion: The results indicate that the current exercise training program is effective and can be applied to 5-year-old normal children to improve their fine motor skills. In addition, this program has simple physical activities that are appropriate to the physical and mental level of child development. The 30-minute training session would be easily implemented in the kindergarten program. |
Keywords | physical training; motor skills; child |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420702. Exercise physiology |
420703. Motor control | |
Public Notes | This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. |
Byline Affiliations | Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China |
Tianjin University of Sport, China | |
School of Health and Wellbeing | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q49v7/supervised-physical-training-improves-fine-motor-skills-of-5-year-old-children
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