A study of motor development in children focusing on the ability of movement coordination

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 15H06405
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Research Field: Community health nursing
• Research Institution: Kobe University
• Principal Investigator: Yamamoto Akio 神戸大学, 保健学研究科, 特命助教 (30758842)
• Research Collaborator: TAKADA Satoshi ; NAKAYAMA Kana ; WATANABE Yusuke
• Project Period (FY): 2015-08-28 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 小児 / 発達 / 運動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Children with developmental disorders including attention deficient hyperactive disorder (ADHD) often represent clumsy (coordination disorder).　Evaluation for developmental disorders using movement coordination has been discussed. New quantitative and objective method is required. This research focused on the kinematics of gait and investigated its developmental change and relationship to the standard assessment tool of movement coordination.The amplitudes of acceleration of the head and trunk decreased as age increased. Attenuation of the head and trunk acceleration during gait was lower in poor coordination group than in normal group, with significant difference was observed in the vertical acceleration. The relationship between accelerations of multiple segments might be the index of the movement coordination. Further studies need to investigate the details of developmental change with larger samples to establish more objective and sensitive methods for movement coordination.

Free Research Field

地域看護、運動学