FACTORS AFFECTING MOTOR DEVELOPMENT OF 5-TO-10 YEARS OLD CHILDREN

Abstract

The present study aimed to evaluate the contribution of ecological, geo-graphical and socio-economic factors to variation of physical and motor skills development of 3700 children from 5 regions of Russian Federation. Physi-cal development (weight and height) were assessed. Body mass index (BMI) was calculated. Motor development was assessed using the standing long jump test, 30 m sprint test, 6 minute run test. The physical and motor skills development was measured using absolute and relative (scaling to height) ap-proaches. It was shown that gender and age affected relative values of motor development. The contribution of the ecological, geographical and socio-eco-nomic factors to variation of physical and motor development was limited to 8-10%, highlighting, on the one hand, the sensitivity of physical and mo-tor development of children aged 5-10 years to such factors, and, on the oth-er hand, the small contribution to physical development and health of children.Unrecorded factors such as genetic factors and teaching models in physical edu-cation in kindergartens and primary schools as well as its multiple interactions might have a higher contribution (more than 90% of the total variance of studied parameters). Body mass index as indicator of metabolic status was one of the important factors which affected motor development. Despite the significant regional dif-ferences, the patterns of age dynamics of physical and motor skill development were similar that indicates the biosocial well-being of the studied populations.