Research Group Healthy Lifestyle in a Supporting Environment, Faculty of Health, Nutrition & Sport, The Hague University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands.
Department Institute for ICT, HU University of Applied Sciences, The Netherlands; Department of Information Technology and Services, The Netherlands.
J Sci Med Sport. 2018 Sep;21(9):975-979. doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2018.01.014. Epub 2018 Feb 7.
The aim of the presented study is to provide age- and gender-related normative values and MQ values for a motor skills test, the Athletic Skills Track, among 4- to 12-year-old children.
Cross-sectional.
In 2016, a total of 7977 Dutch children, 4036 boys (mean age 8.6 years, SD 2.1) and 3941 girls (mean age 8.6 years, SD 2.1), performed an age-related version of the Athletic Skills Track (AST). The AST is a track consisting of 5-7 fundamental movement skill tasks that should be completed as fast as possible. The children performed the test during a regular physical education (PE) lesson under the supervision of their own PE teacher. For each version of the AST (AST-1: n=917; AST-2: n=3947; AST-3: n=3213) age- and gender-related reference centiles were derived from the gathered data using the Lambda, Mu, Sigma (LMS) method.
All children completed the AST within 60s (mean 29.6s, SD 7.7). An independent samples t-test showed that boys were significantly faster in completing the track than girls, except for the 4-year-old boys. Therefore, age- and gender-related reference centiles were derived. The reference curves demonstrate an almost linear decrease in time to complete AST-1 and AST-2 with increasing age.
The present study provides age- and gender-related normative values and MQ values for the AST among 4- to 12-year-old Dutch children. With these normative values PE teachers can interpret children's performance on the AST.
本研究旨在为 4 至 12 岁儿童提供运动技能测试——运动技能测试（Athletic Skills Track，AST）的年龄和性别相关的常模值和运动质量（MQ）值。
横断面研究。
2016 年，共有 7977 名荷兰儿童（4036 名男孩，平均年龄 8.6 岁，标准差 2.1；3941 名女孩，平均年龄 8.6 岁，标准差 2.1）完成了与年龄相关的 AST 版本。AST 是一条由 5-7 项基本运动技能任务组成的赛道，应尽可能快地完成。孩子们在体育老师的监督下，在常规体育课上进行测试。对于每个 AST 版本（AST-1：n=917；AST-2：n=3947；AST-3：n=3213），使用 LMS 方法从收集的数据中得出年龄和性别相关的参考百分位数。
所有儿童在 60 秒内完成了 AST（平均 29.6 秒，标准差 7.7）。独立样本 t 检验显示，男孩完成赛道的速度明显快于女孩，除了 4 岁男孩。因此，得出了年龄和性别相关的参考百分位数。参考曲线显示，随着年龄的增长，完成 AST-1 和 AST-2 的时间几乎呈线性下降。
本研究为 4 至 12 岁荷兰儿童提供了 AST 的年龄和性别相关的常模值和 MQ 值。有了这些常模值，体育老师可以解释孩子们在 AST 上的表现。
