Determinants of gross motor skill performance in children with visual impairments

PS Haibach, MO Wagner, LJ Lieberman - Research in developmental …, 2014 - Elsevier
Children with visual impairments (CWVI) generally perform poorer in gross motor skills when
compared with their sighted peers. This study examined the influence of age, sex, and …

Motor skill performance of school‐age children with visual impairments

S Houwen, C Visscher, K Lemmink… - … Medicine & Child …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to examine the performance of children with visual impairments
(VI) aged 7 to 10 years on different types of motor skills. Furthermore, the association …

Gross motor skill performance in children with and without visual impairments—Research to practice

MO Wagner, PS Haibach, LJ Lieberman - Research in developmental …, 2013 - Elsevier
The aim of this study was to provide an empirical basis for teaching gross motor skills in
children with visual impairments. For this purpose, gross motor skill performance of 23, 6–12 …

Gross motor skills and sports participation of children with visual impairments

S Houwen, C Visscher, E Hartman… - Research quarterly for …, 2007 - Taylor & Francis
Gross motor skill performance of children with visual impairments and its association with
the degree of visual impairment and sports participation was examined. Twenty children with …

Improvement of fine motor skills in children with visual impairment: An explorative study

AM Reimer, RFA Cox… - Research in …, 2011 - Elsevier
In this study we analysed the potential spin-off of magnifier training on the fine-motor skills of
visually impaired children. The fine-motor skills of 4-and 5-year-old visually impaired …

Divergent development of gross motor skills in children who are blind or sighted

M Brambring - Journal of visual impairment & blindness, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
This empirical study compared the average ages at which four congenitally blind children
acquired 29 gross motor skills with age norms for sighted children. The results indicated …

Perceived motor competence of children with visual impairments: A preliminary investigation

AS Brian, JA Haegele, L Bostick - British Journal of Visual …, 2016 - journals.sagepub.com
Literature focusing on individuals with visual impairments has not evaluated the important
role perceived motor competence (PMC) plays in promoting moderate to vigorous physical …

Motor skill performance of children and adolescents with visual impairments: A review

S Houwen, C Visscher, KAPM Lemmink… - Exceptional …, 2009 - journals.sagepub.com
This article reviews studies on variables that are related to the motor skill performance of
children and adolescents with visual impairments (VI). Three major groups of variables are …

The relationship among motor proficiency, physical fitness, and body composition in children with and without visual impairments

S Houwen, E Hartman, C Visscher - Research quarterly for exercise …, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
This study compares the motor skills and physical fitness of school-age children (6-12 years)
with visual impairments (VI; n= 60) and sighted children (n= 60). The relationships between …

Psychometric properties of the Test of Gross Motor Development-3 for children with visual impairments

A Brian, S Taunton, LJ Lieberman… - Adapted Physical …, 2018 - journals.humankinetics.com
Results of the Test of Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2) consistently show acceptable
validity and reliability for children/adolescents who are sighted and those who have visual …