Racial Ethnic Comparisons on Selected Motor Performance Tests

1974 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 324-328
Author(s):  
Frank Verducci
Keyword(s):  
Motor Performance ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
Ethnic Comparisons ◽  
Racial Ethnic

Development of the corticospinal system and hand motor function: central conduction times and motor performance tests

2000 ◽  
Vol 42 (4) ◽  
pp. 220-227 ◽  
Author(s):  
U M Fietzek ◽  
F Heinen ◽  
S Berweck ◽  
S Maute ◽  
A Hufschmidt ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Motor Function ◽  
Motor Performance ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
Corticospinal System

scholarly journals Relationship Between 3 Single-Leg Functional Performance Tests for Netball Noncontact Knee Injury Prevention Screening in Uninjured Female Adult Players

2021 ◽  
pp. 1-7
Author(s):  
Nicholas C. Clark ◽  
Elaine M. Mullally
Keyword(s):  
Injury Prevention ◽  
Lower Limb ◽  
Motor Performance ◽  
Knee Injury ◽  
Local Community ◽  
Functional Performance ◽  
Lower Limbs ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
Knee Injury Prevention

Context: Single- versus double-leg landing events occur the majority of the time in a netball match. Landings are involved in large proportions of netball noncontact knee injury events. Of all landing-induced anterior cruciate ligament injuries, most occur during single-leg landings. Knowledge of whether different single-leg functional performance tests capture the same or different aspects of lower-limb motor performance will therefore inform clinicians’ reasoning processes and assist in netball noncontact knee injury prevention screening. Objective: To determine the correlation between the triple hop for distance (THD), single hop for distance (SHD), and vertical hop (VH) for the right and left lower limbs in adult female netball players. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Local community netball club. Participants: A total of 23 players (age 28.7 [6.2] y; height 171.6 [7.0] cm; mass 68.2 [9.8] kg). Interventions: There were 3 measured trials (right and left) for THD, SHD, and VH, respectively. Main Outcome Measures: Mean hop distance (percentage of leg length [%LL]), Pearson intertest correlation (r), and coefficient of determination (r2). Results: Values (right and left; mean [SD]) were as follows: THD, 508.5 (71.8) %LL and 510.9 (56.7) %LL; SHD, 183.4 (24.6) %LL and 183.0 (21.5) %LL; and VH, 21.3 (5.2) %LL and 20.6 (5.0) %LL. All correlations were significant (P ≤ .05), r/r2 values (right and left) were THD–SHD, .91/.83 and .87/.76; THD–VH, .59/.35 and .51/.26; and SHD–VH, .50/.25 and .37/.17. A very large proportion of variance (76%–83%) was shared between the THD and SHD. A small proportion of variance was shared between the THD and VH (25%–35%) and SHD and VH (17%–25%). Conclusion: The THD and SHD capture highly similar aspects of lower-limb motor performance. In contrast, the VH captures aspects of lower-limb motor performance different to the THD or SHD. Either the THD or the SHD can be chosen for use within netball knee injury prevention screening protocols according to which is reasoned as most appropriate at a specific point in time. The VH, however, should be employed consistently alongside rather than in place of the THD or SHD.

scholarly journals An Instrumented Assessment of a Rhythmic Finger Task among Children with Motor Coordination Difficulties

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (16) ◽  
pp. 4554
Author(s):  
Artal Keinan ◽  
Tami Bar-Shalita ◽  
Sigal Portnoy
Keyword(s):  
Motor Performance ◽  
Motor Coordination ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Reliability And Validity ◽  
Objective Measure ◽  
Movement Pattern ◽  
Healthy Children ◽  
Dominant Hand ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
Motor Difficulties

Background: Coordination is crucial for motor function, yet objective clinical evaluations are limited. We therefore developed and tested the reliability and validity of a low-cost sensorized evaluation of a rhythmic finger task. Methods: Children with coordination difficulties (n = 24) and typically developing children (n = 24) aged from 5 to 7 years performed the Sensorized Finger Sequencing Test (SFST), a finger sequencing test that records the correct sequence, total time, and the standard deviation (SD) of touch time. Additionally, motor performance tests and parents’ reports were applied in order to test the reliability and validity of the SFST. Results: The study group had significantly greater thumb-finger test scores—total time in the dominant hand (p = 0.035) and the SD of the touch time in both dominant (p = 0.036) and non-dominant (p = 0.032) hands. Motor performance tests were not correlated with the SFST. Test–retest reliability in 10 healthy children was found for the SD of touch time in the dominant hand (r = 0.87, p = 0.003). Conclusions: The SFST was successful in assessing the movement pattern variability reported in children with motor difficulties. This exploratory study indicates that the low-cost SFST could be utilized as an objective measure for the assessment of proprioception components, which currently are overlooked by standardized motor performance assessments.

THE RELATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR TESTS TO MEASUREMENTS OF MOTOR PERFORMANCE AND SKILLS

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1963 ◽  
Vol 32 (4) ◽  
pp. 778-789
Author(s):  
William M. Fowler ◽  
Gerald W. Gardner
Keyword(s):  
Motor Performance ◽  
Work Load ◽  
Minor Role ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
Physical Working Capacity ◽  
Working Capacity ◽  
Cardiovascular Tests ◽  
American Children ◽  
And Performance ◽  
A Minor

Children with congenital heart disease or asthma had marked decreases in physical working capacity but only slight changes from their predicted scores in most motor performance tests. Children with early muscular dystrophy had marked decreases from expected values in both physical working capacity and motor performance tests. Fitness apparently depends on the character of the test, and a patient must be severely and acutely ill or have a neuromuscular disease before significant changes occur in motor performance tests. Submaximal work load cardiovascular tests had a low or insignificant relationship to most tests of motor skills and performance, unless extremes of body build were eliminated or in trained subjects. Most motor performance and cardiovascular tests were highly specific with little correlation to each other, and varied in their relationship to height, weight, and physique. These variables played a minor role in motor performance tests with the possible exception of endurance events. Physical working capacity, however, correlated highly with many of these factors. Cardiovascular and motor performance tests had a similar relationship to age and sex. Both showed increases with age and a superiority of boys over girls. Physical working capacity values had less overlap at the earlier ages and less of the fluctuation or decreases in performance characterized by girls in the motor performance tests. Reports that American children were less fit than children from other countries are contradictory and open to criticism. The results depend on the type of tests, and differences between various geographical areas in this country were often as great as the differences between European and American children, even when similar tests were used. This suggests the need to exercise caution when comparing physical fitness tests and casts doubt on the use of such data as evidence that American children are physically unfit.

scholarly journals Stratifying Risk of Falls in Community-Dwelling Elderly Adults Through a Simple Tool

2016 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ludmila Schettino ◽  
Rafael Pereira ◽  
Raildo S. Coqueiro ◽  
Marcos H. Fernandes
Keyword(s):  
Motor Performance ◽  
Community Dwelling ◽  
Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
Elderly Adults ◽  
Old People ◽  
Final Model ◽  
Explanatory Variables ◽  
Simple Tool ◽  
History Of

AbstractPurpose. Falls are among the main disabling events for elderly adults and the identification of old people prone to falls enables the development of preventive and rehabilitative strategies. This study aimed to develop a simple tool, based on easily obtained variables (anthropometric measurements, motor performance tests and sociodemographic characteristics), to early identify community-dwelling old people prone to falls. Methods. The population-based household study was conducted among 316 elders (≥ 60 years old) of both sexes, living in the urban area of Lafaiete Coutinho in Brazil. History of falls in the previous 12 months (dependent variable), sociodemographic characteristics, anthropometric measurements and motor performance tests results (explanatory variables) were recorded, and a multivariate logistic regression was applied to identify the association between the explanatory variables and the history of falls. Fall probability for each elderly adult was calculated from the logistic regression parameters, and the predictive power of the final model and the cutoff for higher propensity to fall were evaluated on the basis of the receiver operating characteristic curve. Results. The prevalence of falls was 25.8% and the final model was influenced by the variables of sex (female) and poor performance in the balance test. The estimated probability model predicted approximately 66.5% (95% CI, 61-72%) of the falls. The sensitivity and specificity were 58 and 70%, respectively. Conclusions. We conclude that there is a high prevalence of falls among the studied elderly individuals, and the proposed method allowed to construct a simple tool for screening old adults prone to fall.

scholarly journals Comparison of the Motor Performances of 11 and 12 Years Old Boys and Girls Skiing Athletes

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (7) ◽  
pp. 10
Author(s):  
Feyzullah Koca
Keyword(s):  
Motor Performance ◽  
The Body ◽  
Performance Tests ◽  
Normal Limits ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Anthropometric Characteristics ◽  
Aged Child ◽  
Long Jump ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Better Than

The aim in this study, will comparison anthropometric characteristics and motor performance tests to be between according to the ages of boys and girls ski athletes. A total of 41 Girls and 47 Boys ski athletes participated in this study voluntarily. One Wey ANOVA and LSD tests were used.In this study, there were differences in height and body weights statistical (p <0.001). 12 year old girl ski athletes were taller. Again, the body weight of girls is higher than men. In this study, the Sit and Reach Test values of girls and boys at 11 years of age were significantly higher than the values of boys and girls at 12 years of age (p <0.001). There was no difference between boys and girls (p> 0.05). The flamingo test values of boys and girls 11 and 12 aged changed according to gender and age statistical (p <0.01). The plate tapping test values of boys and girls 11 and 12 aged changed according to gender and age not statistical (p >0.05). It was statistically significant that girls' sit up and Standing Long Jump value was better than boys (p <0.001). It was statistically significant that boys' Bent Arm Hang test and mini cooper test was better than girls (p <0.001).Conclusion: Anthropometric characteristics and motor performance tests were found to be within normal limits according to the ages of boys and girls ski athletes. Physical characteristics and motor performance parameters can change according age and sex for 11 and 12 aged Child. For ski training and education's plans, according age and gender should be taken into consideration on child.

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