Liu Jiajia, Li Yiyan, Zhou Tang, Lu Yanhua, Sang Menghao, Li Longkai, Fang Chunyi, Hu Wenwen, Sun Xiaojiao, Quan Minghui, Liu Jinyan
School of Kinesiology, Shanghai University of Sport, Shanghai, China.
Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Research Institute of Zhejiang Province, Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, People's Hospital of Hangzhou Medical College, Hangzhou, China.
Front Hum Neurosci. 2022 Jul 12;16:848230. doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.848230. eCollection 2022.
Gross motor skills (GMS) and inhibitory control (IC) which are both development in preschool stage is significant for preschooler to healthy growth. However, the evidence of relationship between them in preschoolers are still insufficient, most of studies only focus on youth. Thus, the aim of this research is to examine the association between GMS and IC in preschool children.
This cross-sectional study used baseline data from a previous intervention study of preschoolers conducted in 2018. GMS were assessed by using the Test for Gross Motor Development (2nd edition) in preschoolers, which includes two subtests of locomotor and object control skills. Total GMS is calculated from the sum of these two subtests. The Fish Flanker task was used to evaluate both accuracy and reaction time of IC. Multivariate linear regression models were established to analyze the relationships between GMS and IC.
A total of 123 preschool-age children (55 girls, 68 boys) were included in the final analysis. After adjusting for confounders, GMS (β = -8.27 ms, 95%CI: -14.2, -2.34), locomotor (β = -11.2 ms, 95%CI: -21.43, -0.97), and object control skills (β = -12.15 ms, 95%CI: -22.07, -2.23) were all negatively related with reaction time of IC.
There was a significant negative correlation between gross motor skills and the reaction time of inhibitory control in preschool children. Further research is needed to verify this finding in prospective and experimental studies.
粗大运动技能（GMS）和抑制控制（IC）在学龄前阶段均会发展，对学龄前儿童的健康成长至关重要。然而，学龄前儿童中两者之间关系的证据仍然不足，大多数研究仅关注青少年。因此，本研究的目的是探讨学龄前儿童GMS与IC之间的关联。
这项横断面研究使用了2018年对学龄前儿童进行的一项先前干预研究的基线数据。通过使用学龄前儿童粗大运动发展测试（第2版）评估GMS，该测试包括运动和物体控制技能两个子测试。总GMS由这两个子测试的总和计算得出。使用Fish Flanker任务评估IC的准确性和反应时间。建立多元线性回归模型以分析GMS与IC之间的关系。
最终分析纳入了123名学龄前儿童（55名女孩，68名男孩）。在调整混杂因素后，GMS（β = -8.27毫秒，95%CI：-14.2，-2.34）、运动技能（β = -11.2毫秒，95%CI：-21.43，-0.97）和物体控制技能（β = -12.15毫秒，95%CI：-22.07，-2.23）均与IC的反应时间呈负相关。
学龄前儿童的粗大运动技能与抑制控制的反应时间之间存在显著负相关。需要进一步的研究在前瞻性和实验性研究中验证这一发现。
