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Performance assessments on three different motor competence testing batteries in girls aged 7–10

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The purpose of this study was to correlate and compare performances of 164 healthy girls between 7 and 10 years of age on three different MC testing batteries, namely the Gross Motor Development Test—3rd edition (TGMD-3), the Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder (KTK), and the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency—2nd edition Short Form (BOT-2 SF). To do so, partial correlation and ANOVA were conducted and as expected older age groups generally performed better in the three test batteries compared to their younger peers. Low-to-moderate partial correlations (0.04–0.46) were found among assessments. In conclusion, the results showed that the KTK and the BOT-2 SF gross motor composite share some common MC aspects while the BOT-2 SF fine motor composite and the TGMD-3 may assess different aspects of MC.

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We are grateful to children who participated in this study, their families and the staff of the primary schools for their cooperation.

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  1. Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, Kharazmi University, Tehran, Iran

    Zeinab Khodaverdi, Abbas Bahram & Farhad Ghadiri

  2. Department of Motor Behavior and Sport Psychology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, Arak University, Arak, Iran

    Hassan Khalaji

  3. Department of Biostatistics, Faculty of Medical Science, Tarbiat Modares University, Tehran, Iran

    Anoshirvan Kazemnejad

  4. Instituto Politécnico de Bragança, Campus de Santa Apolónia, 5300-223, Bragança, Portugal

    Vitor P. Lopes

  5. Research Center in Sports Sciences, Health Sciences, and Human Development, Vila Real, Portugal

    Vitor P. Lopes

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Khodaverdi, Z., Bahram, A., Khalaji, H. et al. Performance assessments on three different motor competence testing batteries in girls aged 7–10. Sport Sci Health 16, 747–753 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11332-020-00653-3

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