title: Object-control skills in Hispanic preschool children enrolled in Head Start.
abstract: Fundamental movement skills are considered a building block for movement competence. However, little is known about the influence of culture and ethnicity on the development of fundamental motor skills. A total of 111 Hispanic preschool children enrolled in a Head Start program, ages 38 to 52 months, was assessed on object-control skills using Ulrich's Test of Gross Motor Development-2. About 83% of the participants scored poor (standard score < or = 5) and 17% of children scored very poor on the performance scale (standard score < or = 3) using the descriptions in the manual. In addition, both boys and girls evidenced similar deficiencies. This information has implications for exploring and implementing age-appropriate object-control skills for children with low socioeconomic status, such as these Hispanic Head Start preschoolers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health and Human Performance, Texas State University-San Marcos, 78666, USA.
authors.forename: Michelle L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Pope
authors.forename: Ting
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Nancy
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Getchell
mesh_terms: D000704:Analysis of Variance; D002675:Child, Preschool; D018479:Early Intervention, Educational; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*