TABLE 2.

Changes in Motor Skills and Exploratory Outcomes in Young Children

	Motor Skills Intervention			Free Play Control			Group Mean Difference in Change
	BL	W12	Δ	BL	W12	Δ		P
Primary Outcome: Fundamental Motor Skills (TGMD-3)
Locomotor raw scores	10.6 ± 0.9	16.1 ± 1.1	5.5 ± 0.7	13 ± 0.9	11.8 ± 1	−1.2 ± 0.7	6.8 ± 1.0	<.01
Locomotor percentile rank	13.9 ± 2.0	29.4 ± 3.3	15.5 ± 2.9	13.8 ± 1.9	9.0 ± 3.1	−4.8 ± 2.8	20.3 ± 4.0	<.01
Ball skills raw scores	16.1 ± 1.1	18.9 ± 1.2	2.7 ± 0.8	16.1 ± 1.1	15.1 ± 1.1	−1.0 ± 0.8	3.7 ± 1.1	<.01
Ball skills percentile rank	33.9 ± 3.5	42.2 ± 3.1	8.3 ± 3.2	26.7 ± 3.3	19.4 ± 3	−7.3 ± 3.0	15.6 ± 4.4	<.01
Total raw scores	26.7 ± 1.9	35 ± 2.1	8.3 ± 1.0	29.2 ± 1.8	27 ± 2.0	−2.2 ± 1.0	10.5 ± 1.4	<.01
Total percentile rank	18.6 ± 2.3	32.3 ± 3.0	13.7 ± 2.2	14.9 ± 2.1	9.6 ± 2.9	−5.3 ± 2.1	18.9 ± 3.1	<.01
Gross motor index	84.3 ± 1.5	91.4 ± 1.9	7.1 ± 1.4	82.6 ± 1.4	77.1 ± 1.8	−5.5 ± 1.3	12.6 ± 1.9	<.01
Exploratory outcomes
Sedentary behavior	423.1 ± 9.9	436.6 ± 9.7	13.6 ± 10.3	442.1 ± 9.5	457.0 ± 9.5	14.9 ± 10.0	−1.3 ± 14.4	.93
Light PA	273.8 ± 5.8	281.6 ± 6.7	7.8 ± 5.7	278.2 ± 5.6	279.7 ± 6.6	1.5 ± 5.5	6.3 ± 7.9	.42
MVPA	102.1 ± 5.4	94.1 ± 4.2	−8.1 ± 4.7	103.2 ± 5.2	95.5 ± 4.1	−7.7 ± 4.5	−0.4 ± 6.5	.95
Light PA + MVPA	375.7 ± 9.0	375.4 ± 9.3	−0.3 ± 8.5	381.3 ± 8.7	375.4 ± 9.1	−5.9 ± 8.2	5.6 ± 11.0	.64
Perceived movement skill competence	41.9 ± 1.3	43.1 ± 1.2	1.2 ± 1.2	42.2 ± 1.3	42.3 ± 1.2	0.02 ± 1.1	1.2 ± 1.6	.45
DECA-P2 percentile rank	50.1 ± 4.4	52.2 ± 4.5	2.0 ± 4.0	48.9 ± 4.3	47.4 ± 4.3	−1.5 ± 3.8	3.5 ± 5.5	.53
Total protective factor self-regulation	48.5 ± 5.0	52.6 ± 4.7	4.1 ± 4.1	43.7 ± 4.8	48.8 ± 4.5	5.1 ± 3.9	−1.1 ± 5.7	.85

PA, physical activity.

Values are mean ± SEM.