Análise dos efeitos de um programa de intervenção na coordenação motora grossa de crianças com atrasos coordenativos

Abstract

Adequate levels of gross motor coordination are important predictors of children’s motor, cognitive and affective development. However, there is a considerable decline in coordinate over the last decade. Given this scenario, varied and effective strategies need to be elaborated to reduce the number of children with delays in the development of gross motor coordination and their underlying health and training losses. The objectives of the program were to analyze the effects of an intervention program on the gross motor coordination of children with coordinated delays. This is a quantitative, descriptive research, with experimental design, pre and post test.The intervention program was carried out in 73 children, aged between 05 and 10 years, students of the city of Curitiba/PR Municipal School Network, divided into two groups (control = 35, intervention = 38). The gross motor coordination was assessed using the KTK motor battery and the experimental treatment consisted in a 12-week, with a weekly 50min class, in which activities were carried out based on Mastery Goal Orientation – “TARGET” strategies and in “The Ball School – An ABC for Beginners in Sport Games” book. The differences between the groups were tested by the independent t test before and after and the difference among the groups by the tdependent test. Statiscally significance differences were found in the intervention group, from the first to the second moment, in all tests – except for the Monopedal Jump, at 05 years. When analyzing the the Independent T Test, in the first moment, the intervention group showed significant differences in relation to the control group, having a worse coordinating performance. However, in the second moment, significant differences between groups were not found – demonstrating the progress of the intervention group, wich equated with its unexposed peers. It is concluded that a 12-week interventional program using the “The Ball School” games in conjuction of the “TARGET” brings significant improvements in the coordinating performance in children, between 05 and 10 years old, besides improving their sociability. The level of significance was maintained at 5%. All analyzes were performed in SPSS v.23.0 software.