Reliability and validity of the Körperkoordinationstest Für Kinder in Chinese children

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Kai Li¹  Ran Bao²  Hyunshik Kim⁴  Jiameng Ma⁴  Ci Song⁵  Sitong Chen⁶  Yujun Cai¹ 

[1] School of Physical Education, Shanghai University of Sport;College of Human and Social Futures, University of Newcastle;Active Living Research Program, Hunter Medical Research Institute;Faculty of Sports Education, Sendai University;Shanghai Datong High School;Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University

关键词: Motor competence;    Motor coordination;    Körperkoordinationstest Für Kinder;    Internal consistency;    Reliability;    Validity;    China;    Children;   

DOI  :  10.7717/peerj.15447

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: Inra

【 摘 要 】

Background The Körperkoordinationstest Für Kinder (KTK) is a reliable and low-cost motor coordination test tool that has been used in several countries. However, whether the KTK is a reliable and valid instrument for use in Chinese children has not been assessed. Additionally, because the KTK was designed to incorporate locomotor, object control, and stability skills, and there is a lack of measurement tools that include stability skills assessment for Chinese children, the KTK’s value and validity are worth discussing. Methods A total of 249 primary school children (131 boys; 118 girls) aged 9–10 years from Shanghai were recruited in this study. Against the Test of Gross Motor Development-3 (TGMD-3), the concurrent validity of the KTK was assessed. We also tested the retest reliability and internal consistency of the KTK. Results0.60 (overall: α = 0.618; boys: α = 0.583; girls: α = 0.664). Acceptable concurrent validity was found between the total scores for the KTK and TGMD-3 (overall: r = 0.420, p < 0.001; boys: r = 0.411, p < 0.001; girls: r = 0.437, p < 0.001). Discussion The KTK is a reliable instrument for assessing the motor coordination of children in China. As such, the KTK can be used to monitor the level of motor coordination in Chinese children.

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