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Análise dos padrões fundamentais de movimento em crianças de 3 a 8 anos de idade

2006; Desafio Singular; Volume: 2; Issue: 3 Linguagem: Inglês

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Camila Ribeiro Ferreira, Larissa Betânia Lacerda Araújo de Carvalho, Adriana Paula Coelho Cavalcante, Guilherme Menezes Lage, Luiz Antônio Pereira Neves, Herbert Ugrinowitsch, Rodolfo Novellino Benda,

Education Pedagogy and Practices

Analysis of the fundamental patterns of movement in children from 3 to 8 years old The sequence of motor development includes the phase of fundamental movements. In this sense, some authors state that children are in the mature stage at the age of seven. However, results of other studies have found the mature state stating from nine years old. The aim of this study was to analyze the fundamental patterns of movement in children from three to eight years old. Fifty seven children from a private school located in Montes Claros, Minas Gerais – Brazil, participated in the study. Six groups were set according to their age: three, four, fi ve, six, seven and eight years old. Fundamental movements characterized by running, jumping, throwing and catching were analyzed following the protocol of the fundamental movements evaluation. The results indicated that any group did not reach the mature stage, but at eight, some children showed themselves in the mature stage in some components. The fi ndings permit to speculate that the mature stage is only reached at more advanced ages. To test this premise, new studies, with a larger number of participants need to be done to check if these results are confi rmed.