Normative Data for Motor Skill Assessments in Primary School-Age Children

Authors: Abdul Aleem

Abstract:

A healthy population is “the group of individuals who are in good physical, mental and social well-being the level of physical activity among children and adolescents has decreased worldwide in the last decade. Motor coordination can be defined as the person’s ability to execute various motor tasks proficiently, including coordination quality of gross and fine movement skills needed to manage everyday tasks. As a result, there is value in promoting physical literacy throughout life. The study's goal was to develop age-related normative values of motor skill assessments for children aged 5 to 10 in Gujranwala

Keywords: motor coordination, population, movement skills, physical literacy