Correlação entre coordenação motora e idade de pré-escolares do município de Tocantinópolis/TO

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the development of gross motor coordination, from the PROESP-Br and BPM test batteries, in preschool children, from a school in Tocantinópolis/TO/Brazil. Methods: Cross-sectional quantitative research, carried out in a preschool in the city of Tocantinópolis-TO. Test batteries Projeto Esporte Brasil (PROESP-Br) and Battery Psychomotor (BPM) were used. The PROESP-BR test battery was used to evaluate the variables: Body Mass Index (BMI), upper limb strength (FMS), lower limb strength (IMF) and flexibility. BPM was used to assess the skills: Balance, lateralization and global praxis, later classified into hyperpyrexic, eupraxic, dyspraxic and apraxic profiles. Results: The study included 18 children with a mean age of five years (SD = 0.62). The mean lower limb strength was 133 cm, 108 cm for upper limb strength and 72 cm for flexibility. By evaluating the BPM, more than 50% of the children had a hyperpyrexic profile in the items immobility, straight foot support, dynamic balance and pedal lateralization; Eupraxic profile in the items oculopedal coordination, manual lateralization and ocular lateralization; Dyspraxic profile in the items Hand-eye coordination, upper/lower limb dissociation and agility; And finally, the apraxic profile was more prevalent in the static balance variable. Conclusion: The sample showed adequate levels of gross motor coordination in some of the analyzed activities, but on the other hand, the skills Hand eye coordination, upper/lower limb dissociation and agility and static balance had negative results, indicating that these skills need to be developed.