Intervention for 6-year-old children with motor coordination difficulties: Parental perspectives at follow-up in middle childhood

Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate motor function in middle childhood for two groups of children with motor coordination difficulties who had received intervention at the age of 6 years. For group A (n=15) a high-dosage, targeted motor skills approach with a high degree of parental involvement had been applied, whereas group B (n=15) had received a low-dosage, basic motor skills approach with limited parental involvement. Parental follow-up descriptions of the children's situation at home and at school 1–4 years after intervention, with primary focus on motor function at the levels of activity and participation, were compared with motor function as assessed with the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC). No significant differences were found with regard to M-ABC sum-scores, but the parents from group A reported an overall more favourable situation at the levels of activity and participation. The children in group A were physically active, with frequent use of targeted motor skills learned dur...