title: Skeletal maturation, fundamental motor skills and motor coordination in children 7-10 years.
abstract: Relationships between skeletal maturation and fundamental motor skills and gross motor coordination were evaluated in 429 children (213 boys and 216 girls) 7-10 years. Skeletal age was assessed (Tanner-Whitehouse 2 method), and stature, body mass, motor coordination (Körperkoordinations Test für Kinder, KTK) and fundamental motor skills (Test of Gross Motor Development, TGMD-2) were measured. Relationships among chronological age, skeletal age (expressed as the standardised residual of skeletal age on chronological age) and body size and fundamental motor skills and motor coordination were analysed with hierarchical multiple regression. Standardised residual of skeletal age on chronological age interacting with stature and body mass explained a maximum of 7.0% of the variance in fundamental motor skills and motor coordination over that attributed to body size per se. Standardised residual of skeletal age on chronological age alone accounted for a maximum of 9.0% of variance in fundamental motor skills, and motor coordination over that attributed to body size per se and interactions between standardised residual of skeletal age on chronological age and body size. In conclusion, skeletal age alone or interacting with body size has a negligible influence on fundamental motor skills and motor coordination in children 7-10 years.
authors: a Department of Physical Education and Sports , University of Madeira , Funchal , Portugal.
authors: Duarte L
authors: DL
authors: Freitas
authors: Berthold
authors: B
authors: Lausen
authors: José António
authors: JA
authors: Maia
authors: Johan
authors: J
authors: Lefevre
authors: Élvio Rúbio
authors: ÉR
authors: Gouveia
authors: Martine
authors: M
authors: Thomis
authors: António Manuel
authors: AM
authors: Antunes
authors: Albrecht L
authors: AL
authors: Claessens
authors: Gaston
authors: G
authors: Beunen
authors: Robert M
authors: RM
authors: Malina
mesh_terms: D000365:Age Determination by Skeleton; D049628:Body Size; D002648:Child; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012737:Sex Factors; D013647:Task Performance and Analysis
keywords: bone age; growth; maturation; motor development