Fundamental movement skills in children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities: A systematic review

• Published in: Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities Vol. 32; no. 5; pp. 1018 - 1033
• Main Authors: Maïano, Christophe, Hue, Olivier, April, Johanne
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Wiley-Blackwell 01.09.2019; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescent Development - physiology; Adolescents; Balance; balance skills; Child; Child development; Child Development - physiology; Children; Children with disabilities; Comparative Analysis; correlates; delay; Developmental Delays; Developmental Disabilities - physiopathology; Evidence-based medicine; Humans; Intellectual disabilities; Intellectual Disability; Intellectual Disability - physiopathology; Literature Reviews; locomotor skills; mastery; Mobility; Motor ability; Motor Development; Motor Skills - physiology; object control skills; Psychomotor Skills; Systematic review; Teenagers; balance skills; object control skills; delay; correlates; locomotor skills; mastery
• ISSN: 1360-2322; 1468-3148
• DOI: 10.1111/jar.12606

Background This systematic review is a synthesis of studies concerning: (a) mastery, deficits, and/or delays in fundamental movement skills (FMS) among children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities; (b) comparisons of FMS between children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities and those with typical development (TD); and (c) correlates of FMS. Method A systematic electronic search was performed in 12 databases. Seventeen studies, published between 1951 and 2017, met the inclusion criteria. Results Children with intellectual disabilities exhibited a lack of mastery and deficits/developmental delays in FMS. They tended to have significantly lower FMS performance than children with TD. Adolescents with intellectual disabilities had developmental delays in balance skills, but were not compared with adolescents with TD. Mastery or deficits in FMS were not explored. Several variables were significantly correlated with FMS among children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities. Conclusion In future studies, FMS should be examined as an important outcome among children and adolescents with intellectual disabilities.