The Relationship between Neuromuscular Control and Physical Activity in the Formation of the Visual-Psychomotor Schemes in Preschools

<i>Background:</i> This research has started from the empirical observation that preschoolers who practice systematic and continuous physical activities can solve the tasks they receive more accurately and in less time than those who do not do sports in an organized setting. <i>Met...

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Main Authors: Roxana Buzescu, Florentina Nechita, Silviu Gabriel Cioroiu
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Published: MDPI AG 2020-12-01
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/1/224
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author Roxana Buzescu
Florentina Nechita
Silviu Gabriel Cioroiu
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description <i>Background:</i> This research has started from the empirical observation that preschoolers who practice systematic and continuous physical activities can solve the tasks they receive more accurately and in less time than those who do not do sports in an organized setting. <i>Methods:</i> The research was carried out in 2015 in the Laboratory of Physical Therapy and Special Motricity of the Faculty of Physical Education and Mountain Sports, Transilvania University of Brasov. The survey sample included 51 preschoolers (26 boys and 25 girls), and the study implemented “real experiment” type research with a post-test phase to find out to what extent cortical stability is dependent on practicing a form of systematic movement at the ages of 4–6 years by analyzing proprioceptive sense and neuromuscular control. Thus, we could see how a 4-to-6-year-old child’s brain responds to a given stimulus by using the ERGOSIM condition simulator, which provides real-time feedback. <i>Results:</i> The results of the study show significant values for the visual control of the subjects by adjusting movement. <i>Conclusions:</i> The practice of physical activities benefits from learning through the visual scheme, having real-time feedback, and subjects being able to maintain indices closer to the required model, on the one hand, and on the other, to return with spherical correction stimuli during a wrong move much better than those in the control group. The results suggest that systematic practice of psychomotricity can improve general development and cognition in children, and that implementing this methodology could thus be useful in educative intervention.
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spelling doaj.art-ab3ac345a8e84c859b48d2624ad886922023-11-21T07:35:19ZengMDPI AGSensors1424-82202020-12-0121122410.3390/s21010224The Relationship between Neuromuscular Control and Physical Activity in the Formation of the Visual-Psychomotor Schemes in PreschoolsRoxana Buzescu0Florentina Nechita1Silviu Gabriel Cioroiu2The School for Moving Health, SANpitic from Brasov, 500035 Brasov, RomaniaDepartment of Physical Education and Special Motricity, Faculty of Physical Education and Mountain Sports, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500068 Brasov, RomaniaDepartment of Physical Education and Special Motricity, Faculty of Physical Education and Mountain Sports, Transilvania University of Brasov, 500068 Brasov, Romania<i>Background:</i> This research has started from the empirical observation that preschoolers who practice systematic and continuous physical activities can solve the tasks they receive more accurately and in less time than those who do not do sports in an organized setting. <i>Methods:</i> The research was carried out in 2015 in the Laboratory of Physical Therapy and Special Motricity of the Faculty of Physical Education and Mountain Sports, Transilvania University of Brasov. The survey sample included 51 preschoolers (26 boys and 25 girls), and the study implemented “real experiment” type research with a post-test phase to find out to what extent cortical stability is dependent on practicing a form of systematic movement at the ages of 4–6 years by analyzing proprioceptive sense and neuromuscular control. Thus, we could see how a 4-to-6-year-old child’s brain responds to a given stimulus by using the ERGOSIM condition simulator, which provides real-time feedback. <i>Results:</i> The results of the study show significant values for the visual control of the subjects by adjusting movement. <i>Conclusions:</i> The practice of physical activities benefits from learning through the visual scheme, having real-time feedback, and subjects being able to maintain indices closer to the required model, on the one hand, and on the other, to return with spherical correction stimuli during a wrong move much better than those in the control group. The results suggest that systematic practice of psychomotricity can improve general development and cognition in children, and that implementing this methodology could thus be useful in educative intervention.https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/1/224psychomotor developmentneuromuscular controlphysical educationpreschoolershealth
spellingShingle Roxana Buzescu
Florentina Nechita
Silviu Gabriel Cioroiu
The Relationship between Neuromuscular Control and Physical Activity in the Formation of the Visual-Psychomotor Schemes in Preschools
Sensors
psychomotor development
neuromuscular control
physical education
preschoolers
health
title The Relationship between Neuromuscular Control and Physical Activity in the Formation of the Visual-Psychomotor Schemes in Preschools
title_full The Relationship between Neuromuscular Control and Physical Activity in the Formation of the Visual-Psychomotor Schemes in Preschools
title_fullStr The Relationship between Neuromuscular Control and Physical Activity in the Formation of the Visual-Psychomotor Schemes in Preschools
title_full_unstemmed The Relationship between Neuromuscular Control and Physical Activity in the Formation of the Visual-Psychomotor Schemes in Preschools
title_short The Relationship between Neuromuscular Control and Physical Activity in the Formation of the Visual-Psychomotor Schemes in Preschools
title_sort relationship between neuromuscular control and physical activity in the formation of the visual psychomotor schemes in preschools
topic psychomotor development
neuromuscular control
physical education
preschoolers
health
url https://www.mdpi.com/1424-8220/21/1/224
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