Development of Basic Motor Skills from 3 to 10 Years of Age: Comparison by Sex and Age Range in Chilean Children

Abstract

boys and girls present low levels of physical activity, with most of them in the very poor, poor, and low-average categories (<i>n</i> = 182, 55.5%). Levels of motor development in locomotion, manipulation, and general development by age show significant differences (<i>p</i> = 0.000). However, levels of development by sex are not significant in manipulation, locomotion, and gross motor skills tests, respectively (<i>p</i> = 0.150, <i>p</i> = 0.208, and <i>p</i> = 0.210), and in relation to chronological age and motor development age show significant differences (<i>p</i> = 0.000).