This article was originally on a blog post platform and may be missing photos, graphics or links. See About archive blog posts. Getting children to move is the challenge of every parent, as computers ...

There may be a way to predict whether young children will grow into active teens -- or fall prey to a more sedentary lifestyle. The key? Motor skills. A recent study found a link between ...

Researchers develop SMC-Kids that uses two exercises, a 10 m shuttle run and a paper ball throw, to estimate locomotor and object control skills. This easy-to-use tool can provide accurate results for ...

In a recent study with 3 to 7-year-old children provided an example of how children's daily living environment and motor skills are closely related in the Finnish context. The main finding revealed ...

Gross motor skills like jumping and running, and object control skills like throwing and catching, are the building blocks upon which more complex physical activity can be learned as children grow, so ...