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Basic Gross Motor Assessment: Tool for Use with Children Having Minor Motor Dysfunction

Mrs. Hughes is a physical therapist and an adapted physical education specialist for the Denver Public Schools, Department of Special Education, 900 Grant St, Denver, CO 80203 (USA).
Ms. Riley is a graduate fellow in Research and Evaluation Methodology, Laboratory of Educational Research, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309.

Children with minor motor problems are often referred for evaluation of these problems to physical therapists who work in educational environments. Measures that therapists use to assess seriously disabled children are often inappropriate for these children. The Basic Gross Motor Assessment was developed after analyzing research on minor motor dysfunction. Standard procedures were outlined and a sample of 1,260 randomly selected children aged 5 years 6 months to 12 years 5 months served for norming purposes. Validity and reliability studies were completed with an additional 285 subjects. The Basic Gross Motor Assessment is presented as a useful tool for evaluating minor motor problems in children and identifying those children who require further physical therapy assessment and perhaps direct treatment.

Key Words: Motor skills • Evaluation studies • Child development • Physical therapy

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