Effectiveness of a 16 week gymnastics curriculum at developing movement competence in children Rudd, James R., Barnett, Lisa M., Farrow, Damian, Berry, Jason, Borkoles, Erika and Polman, Remco 2017, Effectiveness of a 16 week gymnastics curriculum at developing movement competence in children, Journal of science and medicine in sport, vol. 20, no. 2, pp. 164-169, doi: 10.1016/j.jsams.2016.06.013. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title Effectiveness of a 16 week gymnastics curriculum at developing movement competence in children Author(s) Rudd, James R. Barnett, Lisa M. orcid.org/0000-0002-9731-625X Farrow, Damian Berry, Jason Borkoles, Erika Polman, Remco Journal name Journal of science and medicine in sport Volume number 20 Issue number 2 Start page 164 End page 169 Total pages 6 Publisher Elsevier Place of publication Amsterdam, The Netherlands Publication date 2017-02 ISSN 1440-2440 1878-1861 Keyword(s) fundamental movement skills stability skills TGMD-2 KTK primary school physical education Summary Objectives Internationally, children's movement competence levels are low. This study's aim was to evaluate the effectiveness of a 16 week gymnastics curriculum on stability, locomotive and object control skills and general body coordination. It was hypothesised that the gymnastics intervention group would demonstrate significant improvements beyond a PE comparison group. Design This study used a non-randomised control design. The intervention and comparison groups were drawn from three primary schools. The study followed the transparent reporting of evaluations with nonrandomized designs (TREND) statement for reporting. Methods A total of 333 children (51% girls, 41% intervention) with a mean age of 8.1 years (SD = 1.1) participated. Intervention children (16 weeks × 2 h of gymnastics) were compared to children who received (16 × 2 h) standard PE curriculum. Children's movement competence was assessed using the Test of Gross Motor Development-2, Stability Skills Assessment and the Körper-Koordinationstest für Kinder. Multilevel linear mixed models, accounting for variation at the class level and adjusted for age and sex, were used to assess intervention relative to comparison differences in all aspects of movement competence. Results Stability and object control skills showed a significant (p < 0.05) intervention × time interaction effect. No difference was found in locomotor skills or general coordination. Conclusions Gymnastics is effective at developing stability skills and object control skills without hindering the development of locomotor skills or general coordination. Accelerated learning of stability skills may support the development of more complex movement skills. Language eng DOI 10.1016/j.jsams.2016.06.013 Field of Research 110699 Human Movement and Sports Science not elsewhere classified 1106 Human Movement And Sports Science 1117 Public Health And Health Services Socio Economic Objective 970111 Expanding Knowledge in the Medical and Health Sciences HERDC Research category C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal ERA Research output type C Journal article Copyright notice ©2016, Sports Medicine Australia Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30090796 Document type: Journal Article Collections: Faculty of Health School of Health and Social Development Related Links Link Description Connect to published version Go to link with your DU access privileges   Connect to Elements publication management system Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Tue, 24 Jan 2017, 14:27:01 EST Mon, 03 Apr 2017, 12:57:47 EST Tue, 04 Apr 2017, 05:00:47 EST Tue, 04 Apr 2017, 06:05:56 EST Wed, 03 May 2017, 10:34:07 EST Wed, 03 May 2017, 10:36:35 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 16 times in TR Web of Science Cited 19 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 498 Abstract Views, 1 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 03 Apr 2017, 12:57:47 EST