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As predictive motor control is an important index of neuromotor development andmaturation, we developed two touchscreen tablet-based tests of this function. Our aimwas to investigate the reliability and validity of both a rapid manual interception test anda pursuit tracking test, using a sample of 124 children (62 boys and 62 girls) from twoage groups (7-8-year-oldss and 9–10-year-olds). Participants performed both tablettests with a stylus (sample rate 100 Hz) with both a visible and a temporarily invisiblemoving target. Confirmatory factor analyses and omega coefficients showed that bothtests were univariate methods that provided a reliable assessment of the latent factorrelated to predictive visuomotor control. As would be expected, compared to youngerchildren, older children performed better on both manual interception and pursuittracking. The correlations between the latent factors of the two tests at 95% confi-dence intervals (.276,.608) suggested shared variance. Thus, the touchscreen-tablet based tests of rapid manual interception and manual pursuit tracking appear psychometrically suitable for assessing the neuromotor ability of predictive control in7-10-year-old children.
Author(s): Psotta R, Dostál D, Sarvestan J, Prycl D, Kaspar O, Krízová I
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Perceptual and Motor Skills
Year: 2023
Volume: 130
Issue: 1
Pages: 283-300
Print publication date: 01/02/2023
Online publication date: 27/09/2022
Acceptance date: 20/09/2022
ISSN (print): 0031-5125
ISSN (electronic): 1558-688X
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc.
URL: https://doi.org/10.1177/00315125221130815
DOI: 10.1177/00315125221130815
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