Purpose: Recent international conference presentations have critiqued the promotion of
fundamental movement skills (FMS) as a primary pedagogical focus. Presenters have called …

Objective Gross motor assessment tools have a critical role in identifying, diagnosing and
evaluating motor difficulties in childhood. The objective of this review was to systematically …

Objectives This systematic review provides an overview of research elucidating the
relationship between fundamental movement skills (FMS) and physical activity (PA) in …

Lack of physical activity is a global public health problem causing not only morbidity and
premature mortality, but it is also a major economic burden worldwide. One of the …

Background Proficiency in fundamental movement skills (FMS) lays the foundation for being
physically active and developing more complex motor skills. Improving these motor skills …

Abstract Lloyd, RS, Cronin, JB, Faigenbaum, AD, Haff, GG, Howard, R, Kraemer, WJ,
Micheli, LJ, Myer, GD, and Oliver, JL. National Strength and Conditioning Association …

Background Physical fitness is a powerful health marker in childhood and adolescence, and
it is reasonable to think that it might be just as important in younger children, ie preschoolers …

Background: Literature suggests that physical education programmes ought to provide
intense instruction towards basic movement skills needed to enjoy a variety of physical …

As the development of movement skills are so crucial to a child's involvement in lifelong
physical activity and sport, the purpose of this study was to assess the motor proficiency of …

The use of robots has attracted researchers to design numerous haptic training methods to
support motor learning. However, investigations of new methods yielded inconclusive …