Visser J, Geuze R H
Department of Psychology, University of Groningen, The Netherlands.
Dev Med Child Neurol. 2000 Feb;42(2):93-6. doi: 10.1017/s0012162200000189.
The Kinaesthetic Sensitivity Test (KST) was used to measure the development of kinaesthetic acuity in adolescent boys. Thirty boys were tested longitudinally, at intervals of 6 months, between the ages of 11 1/2 and 14 years. A second group of 20 boys was tested at the ages of 14 and 16 1/2 years. The findings were compared with existing normative data on 5- to 12-year-old children and young adults, and they indicated improvement in kinaesthetic acuity with age. Although the age effect is statistically significant only in the older group, confidence intervals show that the rate of improvement in both groups is comparable to improvement between the ages of 5 and 12 years. The reliability of the test is rather poor. The conclusion is that kinaesthetic development continues throughout adolescence. Further, development is quite robust and detectable even with a fairly unreliable measurement instrument. However, individual assessments should be interpreted with caution.
动觉敏感性测试（KST）被用于测量青春期男孩动觉敏锐度的发展情况。30名男孩在11岁半至14岁期间每隔6个月接受一次纵向测试。第二组20名男孩在14岁和16岁半时接受测试。研究结果与5至12岁儿童及年轻人的现有标准数据进行了比较，结果表明动觉敏锐度随年龄增长而提高。虽然年龄效应仅在年龄较大的组中具有统计学意义，但置信区间显示两组的改善率与5至12岁之间的改善率相当。该测试的可靠性相当差。结论是，动觉发展在整个青春期持续进行。此外，即使使用相当不可靠的测量工具，发展也相当稳健且可检测到。然而，个体评估应谨慎解读。
