Concurrent validity and discriminative ability of Dutch performance-based motor tests in 5 to 6 years old children

To assess the concurrent validity and discriminative ability of total, gross and fine motor (TM, GM and FM) scores of Dutch performance-based motor tests, the Baecke-Fassaert Motor Test (BFMT) and the 8- and 4-Skills Scan (SkSc) with the Movement Assessment Battery (MABC) for children at age 5. 116...

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Published in:	PloS one Vol. 14; no. 11; p. e0224722
Main Authors:	de Kroon, Marlou L A, van Kernebeek, Willem G, Neve, Britta F, Ter Veer, Jessica M, Reijneveld, Sijmen A, de Vet, Henrica C W, Toussaint, Huub M
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 20-11-2019 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Adaptation Adaptations Age Biology and Life Sciences Child Development - physiology Child, Preschool Children Children & youth Correlation Cross-Sectional Studies Elementary schools Female Health sciences Humans Male Medicine and Health Sciences Motor ability Motor Skills - physiology Motor Skills Disorders - diagnosis Motor task performance Movement - physiology Netherlands Nutrition People and Places Physical education Problems Reproducibility of Results Research and Analysis Methods ROC Curve Sensitivity Skills Social Sciences Socioeconomic factors Symptom Assessment - methods Validity Netherlands United States > US Colorado
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Summary:	To assess the concurrent validity and discriminative ability of total, gross and fine motor (TM, GM and FM) scores of Dutch performance-based motor tests, the Baecke-Fassaert Motor Test (BFMT) and the 8- and 4-Skills Scan (SkSc) with the Movement Assessment Battery (MABC) for children at age 5. 116 Dutch children (40.3% boys) were included. Spearman's rho correlations and area under the curves (AUC) were assessed. Correlations between the TM scores of the tests were strong (absolute values from 0.58 to .65); the correlations between the GM scores and the FM scores between and within tests were weaker (absolute values from 0.30 to 0.45). Related to the cut-off (15th percentile) of the MABC, the AUC of the BFMT, 8- and 4-SkSc, the AUC was 0.853 (95% CI: 0.757-0.949), 0.905 (95% CI: 0.837-0.972) and 0.844 (95% CI: 0.730-0.957), respectively. At optimal cut-offs, the sensitivity and specificity of the BFMT, the 8- and 4-SkSc were 78.6 and 78.4%, 92.2 and 73.2%, 78.6 and 76.3%, respectively. All tests had a reasonably high discriminative ability, but validation with the MABC-2 and adaptations are needed to meet the requirements for screening (i.e. sensitivity ≥80% and specificity ≥90%). The relatively weak correlation between GM and FM scores implies that tests should be normalized and validated for GM and FM ability, separately.
Bibliography:	ObjectType-Article-1 SourceType-Scholarly Journals-1 ObjectType-Feature-2 content type line 23 ObjectType-Undefined-3 Competing Interests: The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
ISSN:	1932-6203 1932-6203
DOI:	10.1371/journal.pone.0224722