The validity and reliability of school-based fundamental movement skills screening to identify children with motor difficulties.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

Assess whether school-based teacher-led screening is effective at identifying children with motor difficulties.

Methods

Teachers tested 217 children aged between 5 and 11 years old, after a one hour training session, using a freely available tool (FUNMOVES). Four classes (n = 91) were scored by both researchers and teachers to evaluate inter-rater reliability. Researchers assessed 22 children using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC-2; considered to be the 'gold standard' in Europe for use as part of the diagnostic process for Developmental Coordination Disorder) to assess concurrent and predictive validity.

Results

Inter-rater reliability for all individual activities within FUNMOVES ranged from 0.85-0.97 (unweighted Kappa; with 95%CI ranging from

SUBMITTER: Eddy LH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10868745 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature