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Abstract t is generally believed that activity levels are
Background Motor behavior is an essential aspect of child UHGXFHG LQ SRRUO\ PDOQRXULVKHG FKLOGUHQ DQG
GHYHORSPHQWDQGXVXDOO\DVVHVVHGLQWHUPVRIDJHRIDFKLHYHPHQW this may have a detrimental effect on motor
of motor milestone. The early detection of infants experiencing development. The onset of developmentally
subtle delays in motor maturation can allow early intervention
in developmental problems. Intervention can be more effective if
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delays are identified early. In order to facilitate the identification dependent on the reciprocal interactions of physical
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Objective To develop an observable of normal gross motor
maturation for use to detect deviance or motor delay.
preschool years as well as in adolescent.
Methods$WRWDORIKHDOWK\FKLOGUHQDJHGPRQWKV An association between poor nutrition and
IURPKLJKVRFLRHFRQRPLFJURXSLQXUEDQDQGVXEXUEDQDUHDV development has been shown in several studies of
ZHUH VWXGLHG %RG\ OHQJWK ZHLJKW DQG PRWRU GHYHORSPHQW young children in the communities where under-
were measured on all children. Gross motor development was QXWULWLRQLVHQGHPLFHJLQ*XDWHPDOD4-DPDLFD
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and run. associations with poor development were more
Results and Conclusion There were no differences between IUHTXHQWO\ IRXQG ZLWK VWXQWLQJ WKDQ ZDVWLQJ The
males and females in the comparison of attainment motor UHVXOWVRIPHWDDQDO\VLVRIVL[ILHOGVWXGLHVLQ&RORPELD
maturation therefore a sex combined curve was developed. *XDWHPDOD,QGRQHVLD-DPDLFD7DLZDQDQG8QLWHG
Conclusion The curve of normal motor milestone development
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Keywords: motor milestone development, nutrition,
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supplementary feeding has a beneficial effect on motor milestones and comparative definitions from the
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on both motor and mental development in older infant 6FDOHV RI ,QIDQW 'HYHORSPHQW 0RWRU 6FDOH are
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VHTXHQFHRIPRWRUVNLOOVLVFRQVLVWHQW$FKLOGPD\PLVV from the mean for age. Based on our experience
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of milestones provides an observable tool to evaluate VSHQWRYHUKRXUVREVHUYLQJFKLOGUHQDJHG
motor skills and to detect deviance or motor delay. PRQWKVWRYHULI\ZKHWKHUWKHQDWXUHDQGFKURQRORJ\
,QWKLVDUWLFOHFXUUHQWLVVXHZLOOEHDGGUHVVHGRQWKH of the motor skills observed agreed with description.
development of a tool of gross motor maturation to Differences between our observation and McGraws
identify at risk children with motor delay based on the description led us to construct a new list of motor
study carried out in Indonesia. GHYHORSPHQWVNLOOVDQGDQHZRUGLQDOVHTXHQFH)LQDOO\
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chosen for study. The milestones were selected to
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LQ-DYD6XUDED\D0DODQJ%DQGXQJDQG%RJRU7KLV tested (Figure1 and Table 1).
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urban and suburban areas who does not constrain No. Label Motor Development Description
JURZWKKDYHDFFHVVWRKHDOWK\GULQNLQJZDWHUVDQG 1. Sit 1 Sit with support
environment. 2. Crawl 1 Lying on abdomen; can raise himself up
Body length and weight were measured on all with his hands
FKLOGUHQZLWKVWDQGDUGDQWKURSRPHWULFSURFHGXUHV 3. Sit 2 Sit without support; the body is not
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wooden length-board developed by the NFRDC 4. Sit 3 Sit without support; the body is upright
LQ %RJRU ,QGRQHVLD :HLJKW ZDV PHDVXUHG WR WKH 5. Crawl 2 .[KPICVQPJKUCDFQOGPECPTCKUGVJG
body bearing his weight on his hands and
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children were pondered without clothing. Length 6. Creep 1 Crawl and starting by going backwards
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based on the means and standard deviations. A knees)
cut-off point of zero and above standard deviation 8. Stand 0 Learning to stand
RIDOOJURZWKLQGH[HVZHLJKWIRUDJHOHQJWKIRUDJH 9. Walk 0 Walk with assistance of other; his feet
and weight for length were used when identifying CVQPVJGQQT
FKLOGUHQWRLQFOXGHLQWKLVVWXG\DVDGHTXDWHLQWKHLU 10. Walk 1 Walk with assistance of other; his feet are
not steady yet
physical growth. Nutritional status is illustrated by
11. Stand 1 Stand with support
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12. Walk 2 Walk by himself with support
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13. Stand 2 Stand without support
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14. Walk 3 Walk a few steps without support
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Gross motor development was measured with 15. Walk 4 Walk alone with small steps
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1 2 3 4 5
6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16
Table 2. Characteristics of samples parents Motor development by age for sex combined
Characteristics Values (N=2100) is illustrated in Figure 3. The figure depicts the age
Average mothers age (years) 20-29 DW ZKLFK DQG LH WKH WK WK WK
Average fathers age (years) 30-39
percentiles) of the children reached a particular
University graduate:
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a. Mothers (%) 27.6
b. Fathers (%) 42.5
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Fathers occupation DQGRQO\FRXOGZDONDORQHVHYHUDOVWHSVTable 3
a. Private company staff (%) 79.2 presents the Mann-Whitney different test of motor
b. )QXGTPOGPVQHEKCNU
14.4 achievement scales between males and females. The
c. Others (%) 6.4 difference is not significant at any points of observation
Place of birth: DWHDFKRIDJHJURXSVIURPWRPRQWKV
a. Hospital (%) 52.2
Based on these findings the sex combined
b. Birth clinics (%) 45.6
c. Missing (%) 2.2
motor milestone development as shown in Figure
Birth assistant: 4 represents for both females and males can be
a. Doctors (%) 48.3 used either for females or for males. This curve
b. Midwives (%) 50.1 is presented in the motor milestone development
c. Missing (%) 1.6 tool for use in identifying children at risk and for
Average birth weight (g) 3100-3400 monitoring.
2.0
1.5
1.0
0.5
Z-Score
0.0
-0.5
-1.0
-1.5
-2.0
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Age (Months)
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
0
3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Age (months)
Table 3. Statistical different test of motor milestone achievements between boys and girls Mann-Whitney
Mann-Whitney Mann-Whitney
Age (months) Age (months)
Z-value P (2-tail) Z-value P (2-tail)
3 - 1.298 0.194 11 - 2.332 0.020
4 - 0.318 0.750 12 - 1.591 0.112
5 - 1.493 0.135 13 - 0.057 0.954
6 0.000 1.000 14 - 1.151 0.250
7 - 1.286 0.198 15 - 0.121 0.904
8 - 0.018 0.985 16 - 0.497 0.632
9 - 0.112 0.911 17 - 1.956 0.050
10 - 1.090 0.276 18 - 0.100 0.920
3-18 - 0.930 0.352 0QVUKIPKECPV
MOTOR MILESTONES
Run 17
Walk with large steps 16
Learning to stand 8
Discussion Indonesia.7,QWKHVHFRPPXQLWLHVZHIRXQGQR
ethnographic or statistical evidence of a bias against
The characteristics of education of parents as shown females children. These current findings are in part
in Table 2ZHUHUHODWLYHO\KLJKRIPRWKHUVDQG VLPLODUWRWKHVWXG\LQ86FDUULHGE\&DSXWHHWDO
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condition is compared to the national wide where and in Japan. They reported that comparison of
women and men (sex combined) with university males and females in the attainment of milestones
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is belonged to the high socio-economic class. $PRQJZKLWHVPDOHVWHQGHGWREHDGYDQFHGUHODWLYH
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differences in the comparison of the achievement males among black.
of motor milestones between females and males at ,QWKLVVWXG\PRQWKVLQFRQWUDU\ZLWKRXU
any age groups. This finding is consistent with the previous study in malnourished children7 the mean age
evidence from our previous study in Pengalengan RIZDONLQJZDVPRQWKV7KRVHVWXG\7 concluded
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development is more likely to correlate with length- ,QWKHDUHDVZKHUHPDOQXWULWLRQLVHQGHPLFLWLVOLNHO\
for-age than weight-for-length. When these findings that the influence of nutrition is becoming more
comparing the mean age of walking for American significant. The motor development tool is useful in
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achievement of motor milestones. Malina reported RIPDOQRXULVKHGFKLOGUHQDQGRUDWULVNFKLOGUHQRYHU
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multi-centre growth reference study showing that
the role of nutrition in motor development of infants
provides an important addition to the literature and Acknowledgments
should serve as a baseline for more focused studies of
both motor and cognitive development. The study was funded by the Indonesian Ministry of Health . The
In contrast to early theories of motor develop- authors wish to thank the director and staff of Nutrition Academy
ment the onset changes among individuals does LQ6XUDED\D0DODQJDQG%DQGXQJIRUWKHLUJUHDWFRRSHUDWLRQDQG
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curves generated in this cross-sectional study (Figure during the preparation of the study.
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