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  • Motor control
  • Human movement science

Background:

  • Adults rely on visual feedback for precise foot placement during locomotion.
  • The developmental trajectory of visually guided stepping and its relation to other motor skills remains underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if children utilize online visual information for precise stepping.
  • To determine if precision stepping develops in parallel with broader visuomotor skills, such as reaching.
  • To examine the developmental relationship between stepping, reaching, and postural stability.

Main Methods:

  • Participants aged 6–8 years and adults performed visually guided stepping and reaching tasks.
  • Visual input was manipulated during motor tasks.
  • Motion capture technology recorded step and reach errors, and postural stability.

Main Results:

  • Children across all age groups used vision to refine both stepping and reaching.
  • Step and reach errors decreased with age, reaching adult-like levels by 8 years.
  • Contrary to hypotheses, step error did not correlate with postural stability, and developmental profiles for stepping and reaching differed.

Conclusions:

  • Visuomotor control for stepping and reaching is present in childhood.
  • Despite shared visual guidance mechanisms, the development of visually guided stepping and reaching is limb-specific.
  • Motor skill development is characterized by distinct developmental pathways for different limbs and actions.