scholarly journals Primitive Reflex Activity in Relation to the Sensory Profile in Healthy Preschool Children

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (21) ◽  
pp. 8210
Author(s):  
Anna Pecuch ◽  
Ewa Gieysztor ◽  
Marlena Telenga ◽  
Ewelina Wolańska ◽  
Mateusz Kowal ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Social Life ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Sensory Profile ◽  
Reflex Activity ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Primitive Reflexes ◽  
Sensory Disorders ◽  
Sensory Motor

The presence of active primitive reflexes (APRs) in healthy preschool children can be an expression of immaturity in the functioning of the nervous system. Their trace presence may not significantly affect the quality of child functioning. They may also undergo spontaneous and complete integration within the stages of child development. However, a higher level of active reflexes and their significant number can disturb sensory-motor development and lead to additional problems in a child’s motor activities, social life, and education. The main purpose of this study was to examine the types of sensory disorders noticed by parents of children, if any, that accompany the presence of active primitive reflexes. The study was conducted in a group of 44 preschool children (aged 4–6 years). The sensory profile of children was determined using Child Sensory Profile Cards, and Sally Goddard-Blythe tests were used to measure their primitive reflexes. The coefficient of determination (R-squared) indicated that the level of reflex activity was most strongly associated with sensory disorders such as dyspraxia, sensory-vestibular disorders, and postural disorders, at a level of p < 0.005. The obtained research results show that the examination of non-integrated reflexes might be a screening tool for children of preschool age. Knowledge of the subject of reflexes and their impact on sensory-motor functions may contribute to more accurate diagnoses of the causes of problems and higher effectiveness of possible therapy.

scholarly journals Secular Changes of Adiposity and Motor Development in Czech Preschool Children: Lifestyle Changes in Fifty-Five Year Retrospective Study

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Petr Sedlak ◽  
Jana Pařízková ◽  
Robert Daniš ◽  
Hana Dvořáková ◽  
Jana Vignerová
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Motor Performance ◽  
Skinfold Thickness ◽  
Lifestyle Changes ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Energy Output ◽  
Way Of Life ◽  
Inadequate Food Intake

Secular trends of adiposity and motor development in preschool children since the fifties of the last century up to the beginning of this millennium were analyzed so as to reveal possible changes due to continuously differentiating lifestyle. In preschool children (n=3678) height, weight, skinfold thickness over triceps, subscapular, and suprailiac were measured by Harpenden caliper in 1957, 1977, 1980, 1985, 1990, and 2012. Simultaneously, motor performance was tested by evaluating the achievements in broad jump and throwing a ball, as a marker of adaptation to changing level of physical activity, free games, and exercise. Along the period of five decades the values of skinfold thickness increased significantly until 2012, mainly on the trunk. Simultaneously, the level of motor performance significantly decreased. Modifications of the way of life during the mentioned five decades characterized by sedentarism and inadequate food intake as related to energy output influenced negatively both adiposity and motor performance already in preschool children. Mostly increased deposition of fat on the trunk which is considered as a marker of possible development of metabolic syndrome was apparent already in preschool age, indicating the importance of early intervention concerning also physical activity and availability for exercise since early life.

scholarly journals Physical Fitness in Preschool Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 132-142
Author(s):  
Mirosław Mrozkowiak ◽  
Alicja Kaiser
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Physical Fitness ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
School Environment ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Positive Development ◽  
Endurance Test ◽  
Physical Fitness Test ◽  
Fitness Level ◽  
Fitness Test

Introduction. The level of mental and motor development as well as physical fitness and perceptual-motor performance should guarantee success in adapting to the new school environment. The aim of the research. The aim of the research was to determine physical fitness in preschool children of both genders aged from 4 to 7 years. Material and methods. The study included 275 children at the chronological age of 4 to 7 years including 134 girls and 141 boys. In order to assess physical fitness, the authors used the Wrocław Physical Fitness Test for preschool children completed by the endurance test Results. Final physical fitness results showed that six-year-old boys were the fittest and less fit were girls at the age of seven. The least fit were boys and girls at the age of four.        Conclusions The Wrocław Physical Fitness Test and the endurance test revealed that the experimental group of children aged between four and seven years from the Western Pomerania region represented a satisfactory physical fitness level. It should be noted that this level was significantly lower than the ones obtained in tests conducted by other authors in 2006, 1996, 1972, and 1967. The represented fitness level, especially the level of endurance, may result in adaptation disorders during the school shock period. The phenomenon of sexual dimorphism at preschool age is demonstrated by significantly better physical fitness in boys at the age of five and six and balanced fitness at the age of seven. Positive development of physical fitness is not supported by ongoing lifestyle pre-orientation. It is recommended to complete primary school admission criteria for the first form by physical fitness standards, including endurance.

scholarly journals Forms of Physical Activity of Biała Podlaska Preschool Children

2014 ◽  
Vol 21 (3) ◽  
pp. 163-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paulina Gradus ◽  
Ewa Benza ◽  
Olga Rybak ◽  
Paweł Krzysztoń ◽  
Paulina Batorzyńska ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Physical Activity ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Preschool Education ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
Psychomotor Development ◽  
Diagnostic Study ◽  
Physically Active ◽  
Housing Estates

Abstract Introduction. Physical activity is fundamental to children's all-round development in the first six years of their life. It is particularly significant in preschool age, when the need for movement is predominant. Psychomotor development, conditioned by children's innate abilities and their own activity, depends upon the influence of external surroundings as well as parental upbringing and preschool education. The aim of the study was to obtain data regarding physical activity (both structured and unstructured) of children during their stay in a kindergarten. Material and methods. The study was conducted in five state kindergartens situated in four main housing estates of Bia³a Podlaska. It included 11 groups of older preschool children. It was a diagnostic study. A diagnostic poll method employed in the study included interviews with teachers, lesson observations (during one day) and document analyses (programmes and class registers). Results. During their stay in a kindergarten children take part in physical activities for 1.5 hours a day. During this period they participate in obligatory forms of physical activity such as morning gymnastics, movement plays, outdoor activities and gymnastic exercises. Furthermore, optional movement activities are organised in kindergartens (different forms in different kindergartens). Such extra classes enable children to be physically active for over two more hours per week. Conclusions. In terms of caring about health and motor development of children, not all elements of preschool education programmes are fully realised. Training sessions, workshops and lectures showing diverse forms of physical activity for children ought to be organised for preschool teachers.

The Solution Strategy as an Indicator of the Developmental Stage of Preschool Children’s Mental-Rotation Ability

2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (2) ◽  
pp. 95-100 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudia Quaiser-Pohl ◽  
Anna M. Rohe ◽  
Tobias Amberger
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Mental Rotation ◽  
Latent Class ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
Stage Model ◽  
Solution Strategy ◽  
Thinking Aloud ◽  
Transition Analysis ◽  
Solution Strategies ◽  
Close Relationship

The solution strategies of preschool children solving mental-rotation tasks were analyzed in two studies. In the first study n = 111 preschool children had to demonstrate their solution strategy in the Picture Rotation Test (PRT) items by thinking aloud; seven different strategies were identified. In the second study these strategies were confirmed by latent class analysis (LCA) with the PRT data of n = 565 preschool children. In addition, a close relationship was found between the solution strategy and children’s age. Results point to a stage model for the development of mental-rotation ability as measured by the PRT, going from inappropriate strategies like guessing or comparing details, to semiappropriate approaches like choosing the stimulus with the smallest angle discrepancy, to a holistic or analytic strategy. A latent transition analysis (LTA) revealed that the ability to mentally rotate objects can be influenced by training in the preschool age.

FAKTOR-FAKTOR YANG MEMPENGARUHI PENDAPATAN USAHATANI KACANG TANAH DI KECAMATAN SEMAU KABUPATEN KUPANG

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
pp. 25-33
Author(s):  
Deni K.L. Mudin ◽  
Paulus Un ◽  
Lika Bernadina
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Economic Value ◽  
Coefficient Of Determination ◽  
Labor Costs ◽  
Land Area ◽  
Average Income ◽  
Dry Land ◽  
Regression Methods ◽  
The Cost ◽  
Total Average

ABSTRACT Peanuts are one of the high economic value commodities in the dry land area. This commodity also contributes to the social life of the dry land area. This research has been conducted in Semau Sub-district, Kupang Regency, with the aim to determine the amount of income, break event point (BEP), R / C ratio, efficiency of capital use and factors that affect the income of peanuts farming, with the number of farmer respondents as many as 92 people , simple randomly selected. Data that has been collected by survey, library and interview methods; analyzed quantitatively-descriptive using regression methods. The results showed that the total average income of peanut farming in the study location was IDR 1,739,895 with a total average income of IDR 3,498,261 and a total average cost of IDR 1,758,366. While the break event point average of production is 147 Kg and the break event point price is IDR. 6.509, while for the total average the R / C ratio is 1.99. With factors that affect income are production (X1), seed costs (X2), and labor costs (X3). From the regression results with the Cobb-Douglass function the coefficient of determination (R2) is 0.822 with the meaning that variations in independent variables such as production, seed costs and labor costs explain the dependent variable namely income (Y) of 82.20% and the rest 17.80 % is explained by variables outside of the variables analyzed. From the results of the F test (diversity test) it was found that the factors X1, X2, and X3 had a significant effect on income at ⍺ 1%, then accept H1 at least one of: βi ≠ 0. Whereas the results of the t test (partial test) obtained that factors significant effect on income, namely production (X1) and labor costs (X2), while the cost of seeds (X3) does not significantly affect income.

scholarly journals Relative Humidity Affects Acute Otitis Media Visits of Preschool Children to the Emergency Department

2021 ◽  
pp. 014556132110091
Author(s):  
Ying-Fang Jiang ◽  
Wen-Wei Luo ◽  
Xin Zhang ◽  
Dong-Dong Ren ◽  
Yi-Bo Huang
Keyword(s):  
Emergency Department ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Relative Humidity ◽  
Otitis Media ◽  
Meteorological Factors ◽  
Acute Otitis Media ◽  
Emergency Department Visits ◽  
Preschool Age ◽  
School Age Children ◽  
Cross Sectional

Objective: The associations between climate variables and diseases such as respiratory infections, influenza, pediatric seizure, and gastroenteritis have been long appreciated. Infection is the main reason for acute otitis media (AOM) incidence. However, few previous studies explored the correlation between climatic parameters and AOM infections. The most important meteorological factors, temperature, relative humidity, and fine particulate matter (PM2.5), were included in this study. We studied the relationship between these meteorological factors and the AOM visits. Materials and Methods: It was a retrospective cross-sectional study. A linear correlation and a linear regression model were used to explore the AOM visits and meteorological factors. Results: A total of 7075 emergency department visits for AOM were identified. Relative humidity was found an independent risk factor for the AOM visits in preschool children (regression coefficient = −10.841<0, P = .039 < .05), but not in infants and school-age children. Average temperature and PM2.5 were not correlated with AOM visits. Conclusion: Humidity may have a significant inverse impact on the incidence of AOM in preschool-age children.

Gross Motor Development in Preschool Children with Learning Disabilities

1989 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 268-279 ◽  
Author(s):  
James H. Rimmer ◽  
Luke E. Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Learning Disabilities ◽  
Preschool Children ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Free Play ◽  
Adapted Physical Education ◽  
Gross Motor ◽  
Gross Motor Skills ◽  
Gross Motor Development ◽  
School Year

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.

Gross and Fine Motor Development in 47,XXY and 47,XYY Males

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1987 ◽  
Vol 80 (2) ◽  
pp. 240-244
Author(s):  
James A. Salbenblatt ◽  
Deborah C. Meyers ◽  
Bruce G. Bender ◽  
Mary G. Linden ◽  
Arthur Robinson
Keyword(s):  
Motor Development ◽  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Proficiency Test ◽  
Sex Chromosome ◽  
Physical Therapist ◽  
Fine Motor ◽  
Control Group ◽  
Motor Proficiency ◽  
Limb Coordination ◽  
Sensory Motor

Neuromuscular deficits described in early childhood as motor awkwardness or slow movements are still clinically present in school-aged boys with XXY and XYY sex chromosome aneuploidy. A control group of 14 boys (6 to 19 years of age) and 14 XXY and four XYY boys (6 to 15 years of age), identified by newborn screening, were blindly evaluated by a physical therapist. The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP) was administered and a clinical rating of neurologic status and sensory-motor integration was assigned. On the motor proficiency test, the XXY boys had significantly lower mean scores for upper limb coordination, speed and dexterity, and on gross motor and battery composites. The neuromuscular status of the aneuploid boys was deficient, with hypotonia, apraxia, primitive reflex retention, and problems with bilateral coordination and visual-perceptual-motor integration. This mild to moderate dysfunctional sensory-motor integration, as well as previously described auditory-processing deficits and dyslexia, contributed to school performance below that expected from their cognitive potential.

The Effectiveness of Basic Dance Movement Therapy on the Completeness of Motoric Skill in Preschool Children

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Sambodo Sriadi Pinilih ◽  
M. Khoirul Amin ◽  
Evi Rositasari
Keyword(s):  
Preschool Children ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Movement Therapy ◽  
Bivariate Analysis ◽  
P Value ◽  
Dance Movement Therapy ◽  
Dance Movement ◽  
Quasi Experimental

Motor development is one aspect of development that can integrate the development of other aspects. If the developmental aspect is not stimulated, the child's development will be delayed, so the child will have difficulty in following the learning process in elementary school. Basic Dance Movement Therapy is the provision of independent therapy. This study aims to determine the effectiveness of Basic Dance Movement Therapy on the Completeness of Motoric Skill in Preschool Children. This study used quasi-experimental with one group pre-post design. The sampling technique was Proportionate Stratified Random Sampling with a sample size of 58 children studying at Aisyiyah Playgroup, at Jamblang, Kaliabu Village, Salaman District and Az-Zahra NU Playgroup, Salaman District. Data analysis was performed using univariate and bivariate analysis with the Wilcoxon statistical test. There was a significant effectiveness of Basic Dance Movement Therapy and the completeness of motor skills of preschool children in Aisyiyah Playgroup, Jamblang, Kaliabu Village, Salaman District and Az-Zahra NU Playgroup,  Salaman, with a p-value of 0.000 (p <0.05). Basic Dance Movement Therapy is effective to improve the children's motoric skills. Suggestion: This study can be used as the basic for further research, namely modified therapy under normal conditions or combined with other methods that can be done online or offline.

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