Bruininks Osteretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOT-2)

Posted on: March 1, 2017 | By: msmith108 | Filed under: Bruininks Osteretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP)

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Article Review:

Marmeleira J, Veiga G, Cansado H, Raimundo A. Relationship between motor proficiency and body composition in 6- to 10-year old children. J Paediatr Child Health. 2017 Jan 3; 1-6.

 

Marmeleira et al. studied children 6-10 years old to determine a correlation between body composition and motor proficiency. These researchers used the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency Short Form (BOT-SF) to test gross and fine motor skills. The 156 participants were male and female elementary school-aged children. Body composition was determined through BMI (height and weight) and skinfold thickness (5 sites). Motor proficiency was determined by the BOT-SF, which includes the subtests of running speed and agility, balance, coordination, strength, reaction time, visual control, and dexterity. The results of the study found that 40% of the females and 30% of the males were overweight or obese. The participants with higher body fat performed worse than the participants with normal body fat in the gross motor tasks. However, body fat did not significantly affect fine motor tasks. The strengths of this study are the standardization of the protocol and the use of reliable outcome measures. The two main limitations of the study were the fact that it was a cross-sectional study and the participants all resided in the same town (convenience sample) so it may not be applicable to other populations. In conclusion, body composition may negatively affect gross motor skills in children aged 6-10 however, fine motor control tasks may not be affected. Further research is warranted with larger sample size, comparing with an intervention that induces weight loss, and over a larger geographical area.

 

One response to “Bruininks Osteretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOT-2)”

  1. edekraker says:

    I think it is interesting that they used BMI and skinfold thickness as quantitive measurements of body composition in a pediatric population. From what I remember those tend to overestimate body composition and waist circumference tends to be a more accurate measurement of body composition. However in the end I guess it doesn’t matter since the study looks more at correlation. It would interesting to take the children with higher body fat percentages and get them involved in some type of physical activity and see if their scores improved.

    Good work, Mere!

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