Original scientific paper
Identification of Biomotor Structures as a Precondition for Programming Kinesiologic Education in Children Aged Seven to Nine Years
Ratko Katić
Abstract
A sample consisting of 487 children (249 male and 236 female) aged 7–9 years ( 2
months) underwent programmed kinesiologic transformation procedures for 18 months.
The morphological and motor development was followed up by use of 14 morphological
and 12 motor variables at 9-month intervals. Three taxonomic analyses for each measurement
time point were calculated for either sex in order to determine the initial and
transitive position for each individual study subject, and to identify most homogeneous
groups within the sample as a whole. Three taxonomic variables were isolated on each
measurement for either sex. Study results revealed female children to undergo faster development
with earlier formation of the three morphological-motor structures ranked
according to their predominance: mass, i.e. ectomesomorphy, motor, and endomorphy.
Entity projections upon taxonomic variables at particular measurement points clearly
identified the morphological-motor variables to be addressed by general and differentiated
programs of kinesiologic education in order to achieve optimal effects during the
development of the child’s body as a whole.
Keywords
children; morphological-motor structures; development
Hrčak ID:
28083
URI
Publication date:
16.6.2003.
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