*3.4. Gender Difference in Locomotor Skills*

Thirty-seven articles (thirty-eight studies) assessed proficiency in locomotor skills [28–57,59–65], including 4290 boys and 4087 girls. Figure 3 displays the forest plots of standardized mean differences and 95% CI for the locomotor skills score (38 studies) based on the random effects meta-analysis results. Gender differences in locomotor skill proficiency approached significance, trending in favor of girls (SMD = <sup>−</sup>0.07 (95 % CI <sup>−</sup>0.15, 0.01), *<sup>p</sup>* = 0.09, I<sup>2</sup> = 66%).
