Fundamental motor skills and school-aged individuals with visual impairments: A review

Abstract

The purpose of this paper was to review the published research literature on fundamental motor skills (FMS) for school-aged individuals with visual impairment by describing study characteristics and major findings of the extant literature. Keyword searchers were used to identify articles from electronic databases published between 1982 and 2014. Eleven articles met all inclusion criteria, and relevant data were extracted from them. Of the 11 studies, six were comparative, two were correlational, two were validation studies, one was descriptive, and none were interventions. Major findings suggest that, in comparison to peers without disabilities, those with visual impairments tend to perform significantly greater delays in FMS.