The effect of prematurity on locomotors and object control skills of toddlers

The effect of prematurity on locomotors and object control skills of toddlers

Authors

  • Carolina Maria Coelho Campos Universidade de Pernambuco
  • Marianne Maila Almeida Soares Universidade de Pernambuco
  • Maria Teresa Cattuzzo Escola Superior de Educação Física da UPE, Recife, PE

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5016/5697

Keywords:

Premature. Motor skills. Preschoolers.

Abstract

Prematurity is a biological risk factor for infant motor development and the interaction among this risk with sex and task specificity hasn´t been investigated yet. The aim was to verify the effect of prematurity in gross motor performance of children in locomotors and object control skills. Twenty boys and forty girls from preschools, with mean age of 4.5 years (SD = 0.7), were separated into premature group (n = 30, mean gestational age = 31.7 weeks SD = 2.8) and control group (n = 30, gestational age> 37 weeks) and their gross motor development was assessed by TGMD-2. In general, premature children were able to achieve the same level of gross motor performance when compared with children born at term. When the analysis took into account sex and task specificity, the findings suggested that being a girl can to affect the early development of the object control motor skills.

Author Biographies

Carolina Maria Coelho Campos, Universidade de Pernambuco

Mestranda do Programa Associado de Mestrado em Educação Física Universidade de Pernambuco/ Universidade Federal da Paraíba, Brasil.

Marianne Maila Almeida Soares, Universidade de Pernambuco

Bolsista de iniciação científica (AgilFAP/FACEPE: BIC-0265-4.09/11), Escola Superior de Educação Física, Universidade de Pernambuco, Recife, PE, Brasil

Maria Teresa Cattuzzo, Escola Superior de Educação Física da UPE, Recife, PE

Possui graduação em Licenciatura em Educação Física pela UNESP- Rio Claro (1989) e mestrado em Ciências do Movimento Humano pela UFRGS (1994). Concluiu o doutorado em Educação Física na EEFE-USP(2007), na área de Aprendizagem Motora. É professor adjunto da Escola Superior de Educação Física e Esportes da Universidade de Pernambuco desde 1996. Tem experiência na área de Educação Física, com ênfase em Comportamento Motor, atuando principalmente nos seguintes temas: aprendizagem e desenvolvimento motor, atividade física e saúde. Atualmente faz parte do corpo docente do Mestrado Associado em Educação Física UPE-UFPB; desenvolve projetos de pesquisa, orientando alunos bolsistas de IC CNPq/FACEPE. É líder do grupo de pesquisa em Comportamento Motor Humano e Saúde. Currículo Lattes: http://lattes.cnpq.br/9733224936509206

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Published

2013-01-30

Issue

V. 19, N. 1 (2013)

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