Motor fitness in childhood and adolescence - Selected results from the "Motorik-Modul" (MoMo study)

作者：Wagner M^*; Worth A; Schlenker L; Boes K

来源：Monatsschrift Kinderheilkunde, 2010, 158(5): 432-+.

DOI：10.1007/s00112-009-2121-8

• Motor fitness
• Children and adolescents
• Representative study
• Cross-sectional design
• Differential findings

The development of motor competencies is an important component of healthy development. In this paper, the motor fitness data of children and adolescents age 4-17 years are presented and analyzed. Data were obtained from the "Motorik-Modul" (MoMo) study, a representative cross-sectional sample of the 4-17-year-old boys and girls from Germany (N=4,529). Motor fitness was assessed using a standardized test profile. Conditional performance increase in both sexes during childhood, with a gender-specific differentiation in favor of boys at the onset of puberty. Over the course of adolescence, girls show only a slight performance increase. Regarding gross motor coordination, strong performance gains are getting evident in early and middle childhood. However, in late childhood and early adolescence, performance is characterized by decreasing growth rates; boys and girls of all ages show comparable coordinative performances. Girls show better flexibility than boys, in both sexes only minor performance fluctuations are getting obvious with age. The present motor fitness data show broad agreement with the literature but are more current and more resilient due to their comprehensive representativeness.

• 出版日期2010-5