Household pesticide exposures and infant gross motor development in the MADRES cohort

Author(s):  
Ixel Hernandez‐Castro ◽  
Sandrah P. Eckel ◽  
Thomas Chavez ◽  
Mark Johnson ◽  
Deborah Lerner ◽  
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2007 ◽  
Vol 19 (2) ◽  
pp. 148-153 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tanja Anick Mayson ◽  
Susan R. Harris ◽  
Catherine L. Bachman

Author(s):  
Aida Carballo-Fazanes ◽  
Ezequiel Rey ◽  
Nadia C. Valentini ◽  
José E. Rodríguez-Fernández ◽  
Cristina Varela-Casal ◽  
...  

The Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD) is one of the most common tools for assessing the fundamental movement skills (FMS) in children between 3 and 10 years. This study aimed to examine the intra-rater and inter-rater reliability of the TGMD—3rd Edition (TGMD-3) between expert and novice raters using live and video assessment. Five raters [2 experts and 3 novices (one of them BSc in Physical Education and Sport Science)] assessed and scored the performance of the TGMD-3 of 25 healthy children [Female: 60%; mean (standard deviation) age 9.16 (1.31)]. Schoolchildren were attending at one public elementary school during the academic year 2019–2020 from Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Raters scored each children performance through two viewing moods (live and slow-motion). The ICC (Intraclass Correlation Coefficient) was used to determine the agreement between raters. Our results showed moderate-to-excellent intra-rater reliability for overall score and locomotor and ball skills subscales; moderate-to-good inter-rater reliability for overall and ball skills; and poor-to-good for locomotor subscale. Higher intra-rater reliability was achieved by the expert raters and novice rater with physical education background compared to novice raters. However, the inter-rater reliability was more variable in all the raters regardless of their experience or background. No significant differences in reliability were found when comparing live and video assessments. For clinical practice, it would be recommended that raters reach an agreement before the assessment to avoid subjective interpretations that might distort the results.


2012 ◽  
Vol 22 (5) ◽  
pp. 574-582 ◽  
Author(s):  
Suzanne H. Long ◽  
Susan R. Harris ◽  
Beverley J. Eldridge ◽  
Mary P. Galea

AbstractObjectiveTo describe the gross motor development of infants who had undergone cardiac surgery in the neonatal or early infant period.MethodsGross motor performance was assessed when infants were 4, 8, 12, and 16 months of age with the Alberta Infant Motor Scale. This scale is a discriminative gross motor outcome measure that may be used to assess infants from birth to independent walking. Infants were videotaped during the assessment and were later evaluated by a senior paediatric physiotherapist who was blinded to each infant's medical history, including previous clinical assessments. Demographic, diagnostic, surgical, critical care, and medical variables were considered with respect to gross motor outcomes.ResultsA total of 50 infants who underwent elective or emergency cardiac surgery at less than or up to 8 weeks of age, between July 2006 and January 2008, were recruited to this study and were assessed at 4 months of age. Approximately, 92%, 84%, and 94% of study participants returned for assessment at 8, 12, and 16 months of age, respectively. Study participants had delayed gross motor development across all study time points; 62% of study participants did not have typical gross motor development during the first year of life. Hospital length of stay was associated with gross motor outcome across infancy.ConclusionActive gross motor surveillance of all infants undergoing early cardiac surgery is recommended. Further studies of larger congenital heart disease samples are required, as are longitudinal studies that determine the significance of these findings at school age and beyond.


2017 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pauli Olavi Rintala ◽  
Arja Kaarina Sääkslahti ◽  
Susanna Iivonen

This study examined the intrarater and interrater reliability of the Test of Gross Motor Development—3rd Edition (TGMD-3). Participants were 60 Finnish children aged between 3 and 9 years, divided into three separate samples of 20. Two samples of 20 were used to examine the intrarater reliability of two different assessors, and the third sample of 20 was used to establish interrater reliability. Children’s TGMD-3 performances were video-recorded and later assessed using an intraclass correlation coefficient, a kappa statistic, and a percent agreement calculation. The intrarater reliability of the locomotor subtest, ball skills subtest, and gross motor total score ranged from 0.69 to 0.77, and percent agreement ranged from 87 to 91%. The interrater reliability of the locomotor subtest, ball skills subtest, and gross motor total score ranged from 0.56 to 0.64. Percent agreement of 83% was observed for locomotor skills, ball skills, and total skills, respectively. Hop, horizontal jump, and two-hand strike assessments showed the most difference between the assessors. These results show acceptable reliability for the TGMD-3 to analyze children’s gross motor skills.


1989 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Rimmer ◽  
Luke E. Kelly

The purpose of this pilot study was to descriptively evaluate the effects of three different programs on the development of gross motor skills of preschool children with learning disabilities (n = 29). No attempt was made to equate the groups or control for differences between the programs or instructional staff. Two of the programs were used by the respective schools to develop the gross motor skills of their audience. The programs were called occupational therapy (OT) (45–60 min/day, 5 days/week) and adapted physical education (APE) (30 min/day, 4 days/week). A third group was evaluated to determine whether maturational effects had any involvement in gross motor development. This group was called the noninstructional program (NIP) (30 min/day, 2 days/week) and was solely involved in free play. The programs were all in session for the entire school year (33–35 weeks). The results of the study revealed that the children in the APE program made more significant gains across objectives, and particularly on the qualitative measures, than did the children in the OT or NIP groups.


Author(s):  
Sedigheh Salami ◽  
Paulo Felipe Ribeiro Bandeira ◽  
Cristiano Mauro Assis Gomes ◽  
Parvaneh Shamsipour Dehkordi

Aim: To examine the latent structure of the Test of Gross Motor Development—Third Edition (TGMD-3) with a bifactor modeling approach. In addition, the study examines the dimensionality and model-based reliability of general and specific contributions of the test’s subscales and measurement invariance of the TGMD-3. Methods: A convenience sample of (N = 496; Mage = 7.23 ± 2.03 years; 53.8% female) typically developed children participated in this study. Three alternative measurement models were tested: (a) a unidimensional model, (b) a correlated two-factor model, and (c) a bifactor model. Results: The totality of results, including item loadings, goodness-of-fit indexes, and reliability estimates, all supported the bifactor model and strong evidence of a general factor, namely gross motor competence. Additionally, the reliability of subscale scores was poor, and it is thus contended that scoring, reporting, and interpreting of the subscales scores are probably not justifiable. Conclusions: This study shows the advantages of using bifactor approach to examine the TGMD-3 factor structure and suggests that the two traditionally hypothesized factors are better understood as “grouping” factors rather than as representative of latent constructs. In addition, our findings demonstrate that the bifactor model appears invariant for sex.


2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 164-177
Author(s):  
Aan Darwati ◽  
Heri Yusuf Muslihin ◽  
Rosarina Giyartini

ABSTRACTKinestetik Intelligence especially in gross motor development is one that need to be considered by all parties, especially the elderly because of its urgency in the growth of early child development. Problems found in Group B in TK Artanita Al-Khairiyah Tasikmalaya still low motoric crude child skills caused by learning that is still cause by learning that is still conventional. The purpose of this study to improve gross motor of early childhood dance creation manuk dadali. The method used that is research action class Kemmis dan Mc Taggart. The first indicator is flexibility which has significant raising. The final ability is 15,4% in the criteria of development as the expectation and 84,6 % in the criteria of great development. The second indicator is balance which increases with the final ability is 38% in the criteria of development  as the expectation and 61,5% in the criteria of great development. The third indicator is agility which increases with the final ability is 30,8% in the criteria of development as the expectation and 69,2% in the criteria of great development. The fourth indicator is coordination of eyes and foot movement which increases with the final ability is 7,7% in the criteria of beginning development, 38,5% in the criteria of development as the expectation, and 53,8% in the criteria of great development. Moreover, for the fifth indicator; coordination of hands and head movement increases with the final ability is 23,1% in the criteria of development as the expectation and 76,9% in the criteria of great development.ABSTRAKKecerdasan kinestetik khususnya dalam perkembangan motorik kasar merupakan salahsatu yang perlu diperhatikan oleh semua pihak khususnya orangtua karena urgensinya dalam tumbuh kembang anak usia dini. Masalah yang ditemukan pada kelompok B di TK Artanita Al-Khairiyah Kota Tasikmalaya masih rendahnya keterampilan motorik kasar anak yang salah satunya disebabkan pembelajaran masih konvensional. Tujuan dari penelitian ini yaitu untuk meningkatkan kecerdasan kinestetik khususnya pada motorik kasar yaitu dengan tari kreasi baru manuk dadali. Metode yang digunakan yaitu penelitian tindakan kelas model Kemmis dan Mc Taggart. Kecerdasan kinestetik anak pada aspek motorik kasar anak mengalami peningkatan pada setiap indikatornya. Indikator yang pertama yaitu kelenturan mengalami peningkatan yang signifikan dengan kemampuan akhir 15,4% pada kriteria berkembang sesuai harapan dan sebesar 84,6% pada kriteria berkembang sangat baik. Indikator yang kedua yaitu Keseimbangan mengalami peningkatan  dengan kemampuan akhir sebesar 38,5% pada kriteria berkembang sesuai harapan, dan 61,5% pada kriteri berkembang sangat baik. Indikator yang ketiga kelincahan mengalami peningkatan dengan kemampuan akhir sebesar 30,8% pada kriteria berkembang sesuai harapan, dan sebesar 69,2% pada kriteria berkembang sangat baik. Indikator yang ke empat yaitu koordinasi gerakan mata-kaki mengalami peningkatan dengan kemampuan akhir sebesar 7,7% pada kriteria mulai berkembang, 38,5% pada kriteria berkembang sesuai harapan, dan 53,8% pada kriteri berkembang sangat baik.  Begitupun dengan indikator yang ke lima koordinasi gerakan tangan-kepala mangalami peningkatan dengan kemampuan akhir anak sebesar 23,1% pada kriteria berkembang sesuai harapan, dan 76,9% pada kritetia berkembang sangat baik.


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