Development of kinaesthetic sensitivity and motor performance in children.
Kinaesthetic acuity of 100 children, aged from four to 13 years, was assessed and a developmental trend is described. The relationship between kinaesthetic acuity and motor performance on a range of motor tests commonly used for assessing children was also examined, and contrary to expectation no evidence of a relationship was discovered. There is little reported evidence for this relationship in the literature, and some possible reasons for this are discussed. A staircase procedure for threshold estimation was used and is described in detail.
Elliott
J M
JM
Department of Psychology, University of Sheffield.
Connolly
K J
KJ
Doyle
A J
AJ
D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007699:Kinesthesis; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills