Estadios de los patrones motores fundamentales en una escuela regular

Abstract

Objective To determine the status of the basic motor patterns of students in grades kindergarten, first, third and fourth in the city of Tunja School. Such educational institution is part of Cartagena's municipal district. Materials and Methods A descriptive study, which was carried out from direct observation of a total of 310 students using the “Format for the Evaluation of Fundamental Movement Patterns” by McClenaghan and Gallahue (1985). The final evaluation was developed from the analysis of the results from both: direct visual observations, and from the images obtained. Results The results showed that children ages 4 to 6 years exhibited delays in certain motor components: hand (25.7%), arm and trunk (69%), legs (54.9%) and trunk (62%) and find themselves at an initial stage of addressing the following patterns: grabbing, kicking, throwing and jumping respectively. As far as students 7 years and above; a group in which we would expect that basic patterns of movement are in a mature stage, they found 14 students (5.8%) in the initial stage and 51 students (21.2%) in elementary stage in the hand of the grab pattern components. Conclusions The findings suggest that the initial and elementary stages of the motor movement patterns may be present in children older than seven of ages.