Table 2. Total number, per sex and age, of children who refused to do any motor task of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 motor assessment instrument.

Instrument dimensions	Tasks	n total refusal	Sex		Age (years)
			Boy n (%)	Girl n (%)	3 n (%)	4 n (%)	5 n (%)
Manual dexterity	MD1a	6	5 (83)	1 (17)	3 (50)	2 (33)	1 (17)
	MD1b	9	6 (67)	3 (33)	8 (89)	-	1 (11)
	MD2	21	14 (67)	7 (33)	16 (76)	5 (24)	-
	MD3	31	21 (68)	10 (32)	31 (100)	-	-
Aiming and catching	AC1	3	2 (67)	1 (33)	3 (100)	-	-
	AC2	4	2 (50)	2 (50)	4 (100)	-	-
Balance	BL1a	9*	7 (78)	2 (22)	9 (100)	-	-
	BL1b	9*	7 (78)	2 (22)	9 (100)	-	-
	BL2	7	6 (86)	1 (14)	7 (100)	-	-
	BL3	6	3 (50)	3 (50)	6 (100)	-	-
TOTAL		63	40 (63)	23 (37)	54 (86)	7 (11)	2 (3)

a: preferred member; b: non-preferred member; MD1: posting coins (seconds); MD2: threading beads (seconds); MD3: bicycle trail (errors); AC1: catching a beanbag (hits); AC2: throwing a beanbag (hits); BL1: one-leg balance (seconds); BL2: walking heels raised (hits); BL3: jumping on mats (hits); *same group of children.