Desarrollo motor grueso en preescolares de las islas del lago Titicaca (3810 m s. n. m.), Puno, Perú (Gross motor development in preschoolers on the islands of Lake Titicaca (3810 m.a.s.l.), Puno, Peru)

• Published in: Retos (Madrid) Vol. 39; p. 592
• Main Authors: Angel Anibal Mamani Ramos, Carlos Wyly Dextre Mendoza, Jhonny Jesús Lava Gálvez, Flores, Gladis Ticona, Lisbeth Marutzia Quispe Cruz, Fred Torres Cruz, Jorge Alberto Quisocala Mamani, Fuentes López, José Damián
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: Madrid Federación Española de Docentes de Educación Física (FEADEF) 01.01.2021
• Subjects: Age; Gender Differences; Motor Development; Preschool children; Lake Titicaca; Peru
• ISSN: 1579-1726; 1988-2041
• DOI: 10.47197/retos.v0i39.79522

The objective of this study was to analyze gross motor development in preschoolers on the islands of Lake Titicaca, considering the variables sex and age. The study corresponds to the descriptive-comparative cross-sectional design. 57 preschool children (31 boys and 26 girls, age M = 5.0, TD = .54) from the islands of Amantaní, Taquile and Uros, located in the province of Puno (Peru), at an altitude of 3810 m.a.s.l. participated. TGMD-2, Spanish version (reproducibility of .82) was used. The results show an average gross motor development (50.9%), with an age equivalent to six years (M = 6.0, TD = .82), one year above its chronological age (M = 5.0, TD = .54). Differences were found between islands (p = .01 <.05). No gender differences were found in gross motor development (p = .15> .05) or in locomotion development (p = .74> .05), but in object control (p = .00 <.05). , as well as in age (p = .00 <.05). It is concluded that the preschoolers present an average gross motor development with an equivalent age of one year older than their chronological age, of which preschool children from Taquile stand out by presenting a higher – above average development, with an equivalent age of one year and nine months older than their chronological age, being superior to those of Amantaní and Uros, who present an average development and a lower equivalent age. Women show more development than men only in object control. Those of four years present more development than those of five.