Improving children’s motor skills during the Covid-19 endemic (Systematic Review)

Abstract

This study aims to provide information about efforts to improve children’s motor skills during the COVID-19 Endemic. The method used in this study is a systematic review through searching articles in research journal databases such as the Web of Science, Pubmed, Scopus, and Embase. The keywords in this search were motor skills, children, COVID-19, lifestyle and exercise. A total of 3348 articles from the Web of Science, Pubmed, Scopus, and Embase databases were identified. A further 7 articles that met all inclusion requirements or at least some of them were selected for this systematic review. For standard operationalization, this study follows the PRISMA. The results of this study confirmed several efforts could be made to improve children’s motor skills during the COVID-19 endemic period, for example, physical exercise, play-based activities, and other basic skills such as running, jumping, and throwing. This systematic review study reports that several efforts can be made to improve children’s motor skills during the COVID-19 endemic period, such as increasing physical exercise, playing activities, and performing basic skills such as running, jumping, and throwing. These types of exercises will help improve motor skills, especially locomotor skills. In addition, the role of parents is very necessary in controlling the activities carried out by children during the COVID-19 endemic.