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Table 5 Fundamental movement skills scores at baseline and follow-up in the intervention and control group

From: An active play intervention to improve physical activity and fundamental movement skills in children of low socio-economic status: feasibility cluster randomised controlled trial

 

Intervention (n = 56)

Control (n = 50)

Difference between groups for the change

Baseline

Mean (SD)

Follow-up

Mean (SD)

Within group change

Mean; d

Baseline

Mean (SD)

Follow-up

Mean (SD)

Within group change

Mean; d

Mean (95% CI)

d

GMQ score

87.7 (12.8)

90.8 (10.5)

3.1; 0.4

92.0 (12.1)

92.0 (10.1)

0.0; 0.0

3.2 (− 0.1, 6.4)

0.4

GMQ percentile

26.5 (23.6)

30.8 (20.1)

4.3; 0.3

34.3 (23.5)

33.2 (19.9)

− 1.1; 0.1

5.4 (− 1.3, 12.0)

0.3

Locomotor score

8.6 (2.5)

9.0 (1.9)

0.4; 0.2

9.2 (2.5)

8.7 (1.8)

− 0.4; 0.2

0.8 (0.1, 1.6)

0.4

Locomotor percentile

34.7 (25.3)

38.5 (21.0)

3.8; 0.2

40.7 (26.1)

35.5 (19.7)

− 5.2; 0.2

8.9 (0.9, 17.0)

0.4

Object control score

7.3 (2.6)

7.9 (2.3)

0.6; 0.4

8.2 (2.3)

8.6 (2.0)

0.4; 0.2

0.2 (− 0.4, 0.9)

0.1

Object control percentile

24.4 (20.9)

29.5 (21.4)

5.1; 0.3

32.0 (22.1)

35.5 (19.8)

3.5; 0.2

1.6 (− 4.8, 8.0)

0.1