The Effect of Relative Age Effect on Physical Characteristics And Fundamental Movement Skills In Intellectual Disabled Boys

Year 2019, Volume: 2 Issue: 2, 30 - 34, 23.12.2019

Erkan Gülgösteren , Mehmet Akif Ziyagil

https://doi.org/10.33438/ijdshs.636964

Cited By: 1

Abstract

Abstract

The aim of this
study was to investigate whether physical characteristics and fundamental
movement skills were differentiated by relative age effect. Material and Methods: Data
were collected from the 60 Intellectual Disabled boys with a mean age of
6,94±0,58 years at Mersin City Center Izem Rehabilitation Center in February,
March and April 2018. The age of the participants was calculated in months and
divided into three groups as 71-76 months, 77-84 months and 85-93 months. Basic
movement skill levels have been determined by the Test of Gross Motor
Development (TGMD). Kruskall Wallis test was used to test differences among
groups because data did not show normal distribution. Statistical significance was accepted as P <0.05.
Results: The findings of this study showed that there was no significant
difference between the three groups in terms of mean body height, body weight
and body mass index in the Intellectual Disabled boys who do not participate in
physical and sportive activity program. In addition, there is no significant
difference between the three groups in both locomotor and object control
skills. Participants received low scores in the skills of gallop, two hand
strike, catching and kicking while the three groups in the sprint, hop, leap
and throw had zero points. All three groups demonstrated only positive
performance in kicking.  Conclusion: Fundamental
movement skills are not differentiated in boys with intellectual disabled due
to the relative age effect. It seems that they had only the ability to
demonstrate the skill of kicking the ball with the foot.

Keywords

Relative age effect, intellectual disability

Project Number

yok

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