Navarro-Patón Rubén, Canosa-Pasantes Fabián, Mecías-Calvo Marcos, Arufe-Giráldez Víctor
Facultade de Formación do Profesorado, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela, 27001 Lugo, Spain.
Facultad de Ciencias de la Educación, Universidad de A Coruña, 15008 A Coruña, Spain.
Sports (Basel). 2024 Mar 15;12(3):83. doi: 10.3390/sports12030083.
This study aimed (1) to investigate the effect of a brief 9-week bike program on preschool motor competence levels and (2) to know the effects of the intervention program on gender. A total of 98 schoolchildren (3.86 ± 0.91 years) from La Coruña (Spain) participated. A pre-post-test quasi-experimental design was used with a control group (CG) made up of 39 students (18 boys) and an experimental group (EG) made up of 59 students (29 boys). Data were gathered using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2). The data demonstrate that the CG and the EG differ significantly from one another before the intervention program in favour of CG in manual dexterity (MD; < 0.001), balance (Bal; = 0.003), total test score (TTS; = 0.001), and total percentile score (TPS; < 0.001), except in aiming and catching (A&C, = 0.588). After the application of the 9-week intervention program based on the balance bike, these differences disappear (i.e., MD ( = 0.166), A&C ( = 0.372), Bal ( = 0.219), TTS ( = 0.306), and in TPS ( = 0.259)). The information gathered indicates that implementing intervention programs such as the one applied in this study could have a positive impact on improving motor competence in preschool-aged boys and girls, increasing its level.
(1)调查为期9周的简短自行车项目对学龄前儿童运动能力水平的影响;(2)了解该干预项目对性别的影响。来自西班牙拉科鲁尼亚的98名学童(3.86±0.91岁)参与了研究。采用前后测准实验设计,对照组(CG)由39名学生(18名男孩)组成,实验组(EG)由59名学生(29名男孩)组成。使用儿童运动评估量表第二版(MABC - 2)收集数据。数据表明,在干预项目实施前,CG和EG在手动灵巧性(MD;<0.001)、平衡能力(Bal;=0.003)、总测试分数(TTS;=0.001)和总百分位数分数(TPS;<0.001)方面存在显著差异,CG表现更优,但在目标瞄准和接球(A&C,=0.588)方面除外。在实施基于平衡自行车的9周干预项目后,这些差异消失(即MD(=0.166)、A&C(=0.372)、Bal(=0.219)、TTS(=0.306)和TPS(=0.259))。收集到的信息表明,实施本研究中应用的此类干预项目可能对提高学龄前男孩和女孩的运动能力产生积极影响,提升其运动能力水平。