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DEVELOPMENT OF KINAESTHETIC SENSITIVITY AND MOTOR PERFORMANCE IN CHILDREN
Author(s) -
Elliott J. M.,
Connolly K. J.,
Doyle A. J. R.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
developmental medicine and child neurology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.658
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1469-8749
pISSN - 0012-1622
DOI - 10.1111/j.1469-8749.1988.tb04728.x
Subject(s) - citation , sensitivity (control systems) , psychology , library science , computer science , engineering , electronic engineering
Kinaesthetic acuity of 100 children, aged from four to 13 years, was assessed and a developmental trend is described. The relationship between kinaesthetic acuity and motor performance on a range of motor tests commonly used for assessing children was also examined, and contrary to expectation no evidence of a relationship was discovered. There is little reported evidence for this relationship in the literature, and some possible reasons for this are discussed. A staircase procedure for threshold estimation was used and is described in detail.