Interrelationship among selected measures of motor skills.
BACKGROUND
This study set out to explore the interrelationship among selected measures of motor skills.


METHODS
Ninety-one 4-year-old children from 10 nursery schools were tested using eight motor tasks from the Movement Assessment Battery for Children test.


RESULTS
The most striking finding was that there were very low correlations between the motor tasks.


CONCLUSIONS
In relation to these findings, it is possible to argue that learning of particular motor skills is specific to that task. This is discussed in relation to the principle of task specificity of learning.
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Department of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Health Education and Social Work, Sør-Trøndelag University College, Trondheim, Norway.
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D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D009664:Norway; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis