Doe-Asinyo Rosemary Xorlanyo, Smits-Engelsman Bouwien C M
Department of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Department of Occupational Therapy, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana.
Heliyon. 2021 Aug 30;7(8):e07901. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2021.e07901. eCollection 2021 Aug.
Active games are important health enhancing physical activities in children with and without developmental disorders and will help children to develop fundamental motor skills, while inactivity exacerbates coordination difficulties and increases the risk of obesity. Regular engagement in active play promotes physical, social and cognitive development. It is therefore important to know if children have the capabilities for healthy behavior. Motor skills and muscular fitness are both important components to participate in play, sport and leisure. The Performance and Fitness (PERF-FIT) test battery integrates motor skills (running, jumping, hopping, catching, bouncing, throwing, balance) and muscular fitness (explosive power and muscular endurance) needed in many forms of active play.
To test the ecological validity of the PERF-FIT test battery; a field-based test integrating motor skill proficiency and muscular fitness.
Seventy-five children were assessed on the PERF-FIT, Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC)-2 and performance in 6 active games was scored. Of these children, 52 children scored in the normal range and 23 (or 30.3%) below the 16 percentile of the MABC-2. Association between the outcomes of the two tests and the 6 games was calculated.
High to moderate associations were found between game scores and PERF-FIT items; moderate to low associations between game scores and MABC-2 items. Principle axes factor analysis with oblique rotation revealed communalities between the explosive power and agility items of the PERF-FIT and the running and ball catching games but not between the games and the balance items.
Scores on the PERF-FIT are significantly related to performance in active play. The tool is able to measure aspects of motor skills, muscle endurance and explosive power needed in children's active games and could be used as an additional tool to measure requirements for participation in everyday physical activity in children with and without developmental disorders
主动游戏对于有或没有发育障碍的儿童而言都是重要的增进健康的体育活动，有助于儿童发展基本运动技能，而缺乏活动则会加剧协调困难并增加肥胖风险。经常参与主动游戏可促进身体、社交和认知发展。因此，了解儿童是否具备健康行为能力非常重要。运动技能和肌肉适能都是参与游戏、运动和休闲活动的重要组成部分。性能与适能（PERF - FIT）测试组合综合了多种形式的主动游戏所需的运动技能（跑步、跳跃、单脚跳、接球、弹跳、投掷、平衡）和肌肉适能（爆发力和肌肉耐力）。
测试PERF - FIT测试组合的生态效度；这是一种基于实地的测试，综合了运动技能熟练度和肌肉适能。
对75名儿童进行了PERF - FIT测试、儿童运动评估量表第二版（MABC - 2）测试，并对6项主动游戏的表现进行了评分。在这些儿童中，52名儿童的得分在正常范围内，23名（即30.3%）儿童的得分低于MABC - 2的第16百分位数。计算了两项测试结果与6项游戏之间的关联。
游戏得分与PERF - FIT项目之间存在高到中度的关联；游戏得分与MABC - 2项目之间存在中度到低度的关联。进行斜交旋转的主成分因子分析揭示了PERF - FIT的爆发力和敏捷性项目与跑步和接球游戏之间的共同性，但游戏与平衡项目之间不存在共同性。
PERF - FIT的得分与主动游戏中的表现显著相关。该工具能够测量儿童主动游戏中所需的运动技能、肌肉耐力和爆发力等方面，可作为一种额外的工具，用于测量有或没有发育障碍的儿童参与日常体育活动的要求。
