Effect of Selected Exercises on Elementary School Third Grade Girl Students'' Motor Development
Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the influence of selected
exercises on motor development in elementary school third grade girl
students in Ahwaz City, Iran.,Methods: The present study was semi–experimental, performed as field
and using experimental and control groups. The statistical population
included all third grade girl students of elementary schools of Ahvaz
city (10,500 subjects). Forty of whom were randomly selected (cluster
stage) and then were divided randomly into two experimental (N=20,
Mean age=8.9±0.49) and control (N=20, Mean age=8.9±0.48) groups.
Experimental group was given training for eight weeks, 3 sessions per
week and each session lasting 45 minutes. To measure motor
development, the Test of Gross Motor Development, edition2 (TGMD-
2; 2002) was applied. Statistical analysis was performed using
independent t-test and paired t-test.,Results: The results showed statistically significant differences between
control and experimental groups regarding locomotion skills (8.433,
P
Source: Asian Journal of Sports Medicine - Category: Sports Medicine Source Type: research
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