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Gholami M, Hejazi Dinan P, Sangari M. (2025). The impact of functional exercises on the gross motor skills and sensory integration of 5-6-year-old preschool children. Journal of Childhood Health and Education. 6(2),
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Introduction: Movement, as an integral part of our daily lives, plays a vital role in all our activities, starting from early childhood to adulthood. The based on, the purpose of this research was investigation the impact of functional exercises on the gross motor skills and sensory integration of preschool children. Method: The research was semi-experimental with a pre-test-post-test design. A sample of 60 girls aged 5 to 6 years from eight districts in Tehran was randomly divided into two groups: the experimental group (functional exercises) and the control group (kindergarten program). Research tools was including; demographic questionnaire; gross motor development test (TGMD-3) and sensory processing test (SPM). The interventions included functional exercises (Tao Fu et al., 2022) and kindergarten educational program. Descriptive and inferential statistics including one-way variance analysis, K-S test, covariance analysis and Bonferroni post hoc test were used. Finding: The findings showed that functional exercises had a significant effect on gross motor skills (p<0.001), locomotor skills (p=0.001), and ball skills (p<0.001). However, these exercises did not have a significant effect on sensory integration compared to the preschool educational program (p=0.278). But both interventions improved children's sensory integration.
Results: Functional exercises develop the gross motor skills of preschool children. therefore; it is recommended that educators and sports professionals, especially in physical education fields, take the development of children's motor skills seriously. Children with higher participation in physical activity also exhibit better motor skills.
Results: Functional exercises develop the gross motor skills of preschool children. therefore; it is recommended that educators and sports professionals, especially in physical education fields, take the development of children's motor skills seriously. Children with higher participation in physical activity also exhibit better motor skills.
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Received: 2024/12/14 | Accepted: 2025/07/1 | Published: 2025/07/1
Received: 2024/12/14 | Accepted: 2025/07/1 | Published: 2025/07/1
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