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Hilde Van Waelvelde¹, Wim Peersman, Mattieu Lenoir

¹Physiotherapy, Ghent University, Belgium. hilde.vanwaelvelde@arteveldehs.be

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Area of Science:

Pediatric motor development
Clinical assessment tools
Child psychology

Background:

Accurate assessment of motor skills is crucial for early intervention in children.
The Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC) and Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-2 (PDMS-2) are commonly used tools.
Understanding the convergent validity of these measures is important for clinical practice.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the convergent validity between the M-ABC and PDMS-2 in young children.
To compare the ability of both tests to identify children with motor difficulties.

Main Methods:

Thirty-one 4- and 5-year-old children from a clinical setting participated.
Children were administered both the M-ABC and PDMS-2 in a counterbalanced order.
Statistical analyses included correlation coefficients (rs) and kappa statistics (K).

Main Results:

A strong correlation was found between the total scores of the M-ABC and PDMS-2 (rs = .76).
Agreement in identifying children with motor difficulties was low (K = .29).
The PDMS-2 showed lower sensitivity in detecting mild motor impairments compared to the M-ABC.

Conclusions:

While the M-ABC and PDMS-2 measure similar underlying constructs of motor ability, they are not interchangeable in clinical settings.
Clinicians must be aware of the differential sensitivity of these tools when assessing motor development and identifying potential impairments.
The findings highlight the need for careful selection of assessment tools based on specific diagnostic needs.