Differences in the Development of Motor Skills in Portuguese Children Aged 12 Months after 3 Years of COVID-19 Confinement
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Participants
2.2. Instruments
2.3. Procedures
2.4. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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PDMS-2 | COVID-19 | N | M ± SD | p | Effect Size |
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Postural skills (PS) | pre-COVID-19 | 88 | 10.75 ± 0.58 | 0.000 * | ≥2.0 |
post-COVID-19 | 8.27 ± 0.98 | ||||
Locomotion skills (LS) | pre-COVID-19 | 88 | 8.53 ± 0.71 | 0.000 * | 1.29 |
post-COVID-19 | 7.44 ± 0.82 | ||||
Object manipulation skills (OMS) | pre-COVID-19 | 88 | 11.27 ± 1.87 | 0.000 * | ≥2.0 |
post-COVID-19 | 7.15 ± 1.96 | ||||
Fine motor skills (FMS) | pre-COVID-19 | 88 | 8.72 ± 1.24 | 0.000 * | 1.24 |
post-COVID-19 | 9.37 ± 1.53 | ||||
Visuo-motor integration skills (VMIS) | pre-COVID-19 | 88 | 10.97 ± 1.53 | 0.006 | 0.97 |
post-COVID-19 | 11.97 ± 1.19 |
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Rebelo, M.; Paulo, R.; Honório, S.; Petrica, J.; Batista, M.; Duarte-Mendes, P.; Marques, C.; Serrano, J. Differences in the Development of Motor Skills in Portuguese Children Aged 12 Months after 3 Years of COVID-19 Confinement. Children 2024, 11, 918. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11080918
Rebelo M, Paulo R, Honório S, Petrica J, Batista M, Duarte-Mendes P, Marques C, Serrano J. Differences in the Development of Motor Skills in Portuguese Children Aged 12 Months after 3 Years of COVID-19 Confinement. Children. 2024; 11(8):918. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11080918
Chicago/Turabian StyleRebelo, Miguel, Rui Paulo, Samuel Honório, João Petrica, Marco Batista, Pedro Duarte-Mendes, Catarina Marques, and João Serrano. 2024. "Differences in the Development of Motor Skills in Portuguese Children Aged 12 Months after 3 Years of COVID-19 Confinement" Children 11, no. 8: 918. https://doi.org/10.3390/children11080918