Volume 15 – 2023 – European Psychomotricity Journal

RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE ICF-CY BASED MOBISCREEN 4-6 FOR 7- AND 8-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN

Background: Children with a motor development delay need to be identified early in order to initiate appropriate therapies. In the first step of a sequential diagnostic strategy, a screening should be used to shorten this process. Therefore, the mobility screening MobiScreen 4-6 is tried to be validated for children from 7 years and older. Methods: A total of 90 children, of whom 60 boys and 30 girls at a mean age of 7.33 ± .45 years, from two German primary schools participated. All underwent the MobiScreen 4-6. Internal consistency, construct validity, and discriminant ability were evaluated.

THE EFFECTS OF TAI CHI ON SLEEP QUALITY IN ADULT PRACTITIONERS

By Chatzipanagioti V.*, Chatzinikolaou A., Gioftsidou A., Karakatsanis L.P., Malliou P.

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of a mixed intervention program with live and online Tai Chi practice on the sleep quality of the participants. The sample of the research consisted of 19 practitioners (7 men & 12 women), with an average age of 53.9 ± 6.3 years. They participated in an organized Tai Chi Chuan program which lasted 18 weeks, of which 9 weeks in live sessions and the remaining 9 in online distance learning environment due to Covid 19…

METABOLIC RESPONSES AND ENERGY EXPENDITURE DURING A BASKETBALL MATCH IN PLAYERS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY.

By Tsakonitis Ch., Fatouros I., Mpatsiou S., Avloniti A., Draganidis D. Stampoulis Th., Kelaraki D., Poulios A., Chatzinikolaou A.

Wheelchair basketball is one of the most popular sports for people with Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)
Objective The aim of the present study was to assess metabolic responses and energy expenditure during a wheelchair basketball match in players with SCI.
Method. Ten wheelchair male basketball players (n= aged 18 34 years, participated in one match per week over a 10 week period (10 matches in total), with one player being assess ed in each match…

RELATIONS OF GROSS AND FINE MOTOR SKILLS WITH GRAPHOMOTOR SKILLS IN PRESCHOOL YEARS

By Kalliopi Trouli, Michalis Linardakis

Wheelchair basketball is one of the most popular sports for people with Spinal Cord Injuries (SCI)
Objective The aim of the present study was to assess metabolic responses and energy expenditure during a wheelchair basketball match in players with SCI.
The study aims to explore the correlation between gross and fine motor skills and graphomotor skills of preschool children. It examines the relation of three factors of fine and gross motor skills, namely fine motor precision and integration, bilateral coordination and balance, and upper-limb coordination and agility respectively, with several factors of graphomotor skills, namely pencil and scissors manipulation, writing space orientation, handwriting control, figure reproduction and concepts about space. The sample consisted of 166 preschoolers (mean age in months 66.01, sd. 7.16), from public kindergartens in Crete, Greece. A path model that examines the relation between gross and fine motor skill factors along with graphomotor skills, with age and gender being considered, showed an acceptable fit…

EVALUATION OF PHYSICAL FITNESS IN PRE-ADOLESCENT BOYS FROM NORTHERN GREECE IN COMPARISON WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

By Diamanda Leontsini, Theodoros Stamboulis, Alexandra Avloniti, Ioannis Athanailidis, Athanasios Chatzinikolaou

Although normative data for physical fitness parameters are available at International and European level, contemporary normative scores from North-East Greece are sparse. Moreover, direct comparison of physical fitness data to European norms is still absent. Objective. This investigation aimed to evaluate the cardiorespiratory and musculoskeletal fitness of Greek preadolescents from North-East Greece in comparison to current European reference norms.

RELIABILITY AND VALIDITY OF THE ICF-CY BASED MOBISCREEN 4-6 FOR 7- AND 8-YEAR-OLD CHILDREN

THE EFFECTS OF TAI CHI ON SLEEP QUALITY IN ADULT PRACTITIONERS

METABOLIC RESPONSES AND ENERGY EXPENDITURE DURING A BASKETBALL MATCH IN PLAYERS WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY.

RELATIONS OF GROSS AND FINE MOTOR SKILLS WITH GRAPHOMOTOR SKILLS IN PRESCHOOL YEARS

EVALUATION OF PHYSICAL FITNESS IN PRE-ADOLESCENT BOYS FROM NORTHERN GREECE IN COMPARISON WITH INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS

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