BLOC test voor 6 tot 19 jarigen

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Nijmegen, 10 juni 2020

The use of the short form of the Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder (KTK3), to evaluate children’s and adolescents’ motor competence (MC), is on its increase. When combined with a catching and throwing task, assessing eye-hand coordination (EHC), it has been shown that the different aspects of motor skills are adequately covered in one compact KTK3+EHC test battery, studied in children between 6 and 10 years of age. 

The present study aimed to validate the KTK3+EHC test battery and to provide contemporary MC normative values for males and females from 6 to 19 years of age. A total of 2271 children and adolescents (1112 boys) participated in this study and were evaluated on four test items: jumping sideways (JS), moving sideways (MS), balancing backwards (BB), and an EHC task. A factor analysis with multidimensional scaling demonstrated that all these tests correlate to the same latent construct: ‘MC’. A three-way MANOVA was performed, showing a significant multivariate interaction effect between age group and sex (p=0.001) and a multivariate main effect of sex, age group and participation in organised sports (p<0.001). Boys outperformed girls on two out of the four tests (p<0.005 for JS and EHC), while girls were in favour for the BB test  (p<0.005). Performance scores increased across age groups (p<0.001 on all tests). Only for the BB test score a ceiling effect was noted around the age of 12 years. Children and adolescents, who participated in sports, generally outperformed their peers, who were not involved in organised sports.

The results obtained with this set of tests are valid. Normative values are provided to evaluate MC in children and adolescents aged 6 to 19 years. The use of only four test items that are kept the same across all ages makes the KTK3+EHC a MC assessment tool of high practical value.