Evaluation of motor coordination in 9-year-old Colombian infants postconfinement by COVID-19: gender related, sociodemographic context and sport

Abstract

The objective of the present research was to evaluate the level of motor coordination in 9-year-old infants belonging to sports training schools in Bogotá and Chía-Cundinamarca in a post-confinement context by means of the 3JS test in relation to gender, sociodemographic context, sport, confinement training and days of training. The study included 307 infants, of which: 187 were male and 120 were female. Likewise, they were grouped by sport: soccer n:113, skating n:91, basketball n:52 and tennis n:51 and, finally, by sociodemographic context 102 were evaluated in Chia-Cundinamarca and 205 in Bogotá. The study has a quantitative approach, descriptive-transversal type and with a non-probabilistic sampling. The statistical treatment was carried out using the statistical software ® version 4.1.0. The results indicate that the significant differences were established in response to gender p=0.00 better in male infants, sociodemographic context p=0.04 better in Bogotá, days of training p=0.006 better in equal or greater than four days of weekly training, training in confinement during Covid-19 p=0.02 better in those who trained and sport p=0.00 evidencing significant differences between them, having as reference soccer as the highest and tennis the lowest level correspondingly. These findings show that normal levels of motor coordination were found for all the infants evaluated according to the intervals proposed by the 3JS test, likewise, the differences were established in turn, between locomotor coordination and object control coordination according to the variables object of this study.