The effect of planned active play on the fundamental movement skills of preschool children

IF 1.6 3区 心理学 Q4 NEUROSCIENCES Human Movement Science Pub Date : 2024-06-10 DOI:10.1016/j.humov.2024.103241
Mengyuan Bai , Nan Lin , Jane Jie Yu , Zitong Teng , Minjie Xu
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Abstract

Background

At present, Chinese children aged 3–6 years old are facing challenges such as insufficient physical activity, declining physical health, and obesity, and China has yet to issue curriculum standards or physical activity guidelines for this age group. At the same time, the present kindergarten physical activity curriculum is insufficient. To address this issue, this study focused on designing and executing a planned active play intervention program for the kindergarten setting to analyze its efficacy in enhancing children's fundamental movement skills (FMS). This study aims to provide a reference for the theoretical and practical exploration of children's acquisition of fundamental movement skills in the Chinese context.

Methods

Fifty-two preschoolers participated in this study and were either part of an intervention group (n = 30) or a control group (n = 24). Children's FMS were assessed before and after the intervention using the Test of Gross Motor Development-3 (TGMD-3) and the balance ability of the The Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2). Physical activity (PA) during the planned active play intervention and the routine physical activity curriculum were assessed using the SOFIT throughout the intervention.

Results

All the children significantly improved their locomotor skills, ball skills, and TGMD from baseline to the late assessment (p < 0.05). Children in the planned active play intervention group demonstrated greater rates of change (p < 0.001) and scored higher on ball skills and TGMD in the late assessment than those in the control group (p < 0.001). The children in the intervention group, but not those in the control group, significantly improved their balance over time (p < 0.05), and the former had greater rates of change (p < 0.001). Similarly, planned active play was found to provide children with more physical activity than the routine physical activity curriculum.

Conclusions

The eight-week planned active play intervention was effective in improving FMS in preschool children, with higher rates of FMS change in children who completed the intervention than children in the control group.

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有计划的积极游戏对学龄前儿童基本运动技能的影响
背景目前,中国 3-6 岁儿童正面临着体育活动不足、体质下降、肥胖等挑战,而中国尚未出台针对该年龄段儿童的课程标准或体育活动指南。同时,目前的幼儿园体育活动课程也存在不足。针对这一问题,本研究重点设计并实施了一个有计划的幼儿园积极游戏干预项目,分析其在提高儿童基本运动技能(FMS)方面的效果。研究方法52名学龄前儿童参加了本研究,他们分别属于干预组(30人)或对照组(24人)。在干预前后,使用《粗大运动发育测试-3》(TGMD-3)和《儿童运动评估电池-2》(MABC-2)的平衡能力对儿童的粗大运动发育进行评估。所有儿童的运动技能、球类技能和 TGMD 从基线到后期评估都有显著提高(p <0.05)。与对照组相比,有计划积极游戏干预组儿童的变化率更高(p < 0.001),在后期评估中,球类技能和 TGMD 的得分更高(p < 0.001)。随着时间的推移,干预组儿童的平衡能力明显提高(p <0.05),而对照组儿童的平衡能力则没有提高(p <0.001)。结论为期八周的有计划积极游戏干预能有效改善学龄前儿童的 FMS,完成干预的儿童的 FMS 变化率高于对照组儿童。
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Human Movement Science
Human Movement Science 医学-神经科学
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期刊介绍: Human Movement Science provides a medium for publishing disciplinary and multidisciplinary studies on human movement. It brings together psychological, biomechanical and neurophysiological research on the control, organization and learning of human movement, including the perceptual support of movement. The overarching goal of the journal is to publish articles that help advance theoretical understanding of the control and organization of human movement, as well as changes therein as a function of development, learning and rehabilitation. The nature of the research reported may vary from fundamental theoretical or empirical studies to more applied studies in the fields of, for example, sport, dance and rehabilitation with the proviso that all studies have a distinct theoretical bearing. Also, reviews and meta-studies advancing the understanding of human movement are welcome. These aims and scope imply that purely descriptive studies are not acceptable, while methodological articles are only acceptable if the methodology in question opens up new vistas in understanding the control and organization of human movement. The same holds for articles on exercise physiology, which in general are not supported, unless they speak to the control and organization of human movement. In general, it is required that the theoretical message of articles published in Human Movement Science is, to a certain extent, innovative and not dismissible as just "more of the same."
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