title: References for motor tasks--gender differences across age in motor performance: a meta-analysis.
abstract: In 1985 we published a meta-analysis of gender differences across age in motor performance in Psychological Bulletin, but it did not include an indexing of each motor task to the references from which it was obtained. This paper provides a table listing the 20 motor tasks and the references from which data for each task were taken. The range of tasks was from fundamental movements (e.g., catching, jumping, running, throwing) to motor fitness (e.g., agility, arm hang, balance, grip strength) to perceptual-motor abilities (e.g., anticipation timing, fine eye-motor coordination, pursuit-rotor tracking, reaction time). The arm hang was represented in the fewest papers (n = 2) while the dash and long jump were most frequently referenced (n = 21).
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: K E
authors.initials: KE
authors.lastname: French
mesh_terms: D000375:Aging / Q000523:psychology*; D001634:Bibliographies as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012737:Sex Factors