Roussounis S H, Gaussen T H, Stratton P
Regional Child Development Centre, St James's University Hospital, Leeds.
Child Care Health Dev. 1987 Nov-Dec;13(6):377-91. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1987.tb00554.x.
Children attending primary schools in Leeds were tested soon after school entry with the Standardized Motor Test Battery (SMTB), specifically designed for this study and comprising: finger tapping, peg moving, bead threading, standing on one leg, hopping and walking. Norms of motor performance are provided for each test. Seventeen children failed the SMTB and were designated to the clumsy group and then matched for age and sex with a control group of children from the survey. Observations by parents and teachers rated the clumsy children inferior to their controls in writing, sporting ability and clumsiness. The clumsy children and their controls were then followed up for a minimum of 2 years, when educational performance was assessed and motor performance reassessed. The clumsy children were found to have impaired educational attainment, particularly in writing, compared to their controls, and their motor performance although much improved was still very inferior to controls. The findings of this study suggest that the SMTB is a sensitive test for the early identification of clumsy children.
利兹市小学入学的儿童在入学后不久就接受了标准化运动测试组合（SMTB）的测试，该测试组合是专门为此研究设计的，包括：手指敲击、插栓移动、穿珠子、单腿站立、跳跃和行走。每项测试都提供了运动表现的标准。17名儿童未能通过SMTB测试，被归入笨拙组，然后根据年龄和性别与调查中的对照组儿童进行匹配。家长和教师的观察表明，在书写、运动能力和笨拙程度方面，笨拙组儿童比对照组儿童差。然后对笨拙组儿童及其对照组进行了至少两年的随访，期间评估了教育表现并重新评估了运动表现。结果发现，与对照组相比，笨拙组儿童的学业成绩受损，尤其是在书写方面，而且他们的运动表现虽然有了很大改善，但仍远远低于对照组。这项研究的结果表明，SMTB是早期识别笨拙儿童的一项敏感测试。
