Gross motor development of Asian and European children on four motor assessments: a literature review.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of this article is to review the evidence surrounding similarities and differences in motor development in children of Asian and European ethnic backgrounds to ensure the appropriateness of mixed ethnicity normative comparison data.


CONCLUSIONS
A review of published studies indicates variability in rate and possibly sequence of motor development in children of European and Asian origins.
Assessment tools used to discriminate motor development in children of different ethnic backgrounds should be interpreted with caution until there is sufficient information regarding the appropriateness of comparisons among children of different ethnic origins.
Mayson
Tanja Anick
TA
Therapy Department, Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
Harris
Susan R
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Bachman
Catherine L
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D044466:Asian People; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D010808:Physical Examination; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D044465:White People