Assessment criteria of fundamental movement skills for various age groups: A Systematic Review

Abstract

Fundamental movement skills as a term are associated with physical activity, life active and physical programs, This term has been popularly recognized with huge interest worldwide, in recent years, The term “Fundamental Movement skills” (FMS) or Motor skills (MS) has emerged in a number of countries including Australia, Canada, America, Europe and Great Britain. This systematic review aims to find the best way to assess FMS and try to find a criterion to use as a guide for the future of PA, life active and sports excellence. A comprehensive systematic search was conducted from MEDLINE, Physical Education Index, Science Direct, Sports Discuss, PUBMED, and Scopus. A summary of the systematic search and selection process is provided in the PRISMA flow diagram (Fig.2), records through all database searching were (2557), records, after duplication was removed, were (2340) with percentage of 91%, The record for exclusion were (2116) with 83.5% percentage, full –text studies assessed for eligibility were (224) with 8.8% percentage, the included studies were (38) with 1.8% percentage. Indeed, differences of culture, tradition and level of PA program in different stages have resulted in differences in the definition of the FMS among various countries. Accordingly, this different in understating FMS create blanks in the ways to improve FMS as very important components in physical activities, sport excellence and life active. The author suggested a future tracking study for elective samples of 5- 12 years of age based on primary school pupils of 5-10 years with more studies to be done in the same direction.