Mobile Application for Analysing the Development of Motor Skills in Children
David Moreno Naya,
Francisco J. Vazquez-Araujo,
Paula M. Castro,
Jamile Vivas Costa,
Adriana Dapena,
Luz González Doniz
Affiliations
David Moreno Naya
Research Group Intervención Psicosocial y Rehabilitación Funcional, Department of Physiotherapy, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University College of Physiotherapy, University of A Coruña, Campus de Oza, 15006 A Coruña, Spain
Francisco J. Vazquez-Araujo
Research Group Tecnología Electrónica y Comunicaciones, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science, CITIC Research Center & University of A Coruña, Campus de Elviña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
Paula M. Castro
Research Group Tecnología Electrónica y Comunicaciones, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science, CITIC Research Center & University of A Coruña, Campus de Elviña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
Jamile Vivas Costa
Research Group Intervención Psicosocial y Rehabilitación Funcional, Department of Physiotherapy, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University College of Physiotherapy, University of A Coruña, Campus de Oza, 15006 A Coruña, Spain
Adriana Dapena
Research Group Tecnología Electrónica y Comunicaciones, Department of Computer Engineering, Faculty of Computer Science, CITIC Research Center & University of A Coruña, Campus de Elviña, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
Luz González Doniz
Research Group Intervención Psicosocial y Rehabilitación Funcional, Department of Physiotherapy, Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University College of Physiotherapy, University of A Coruña, Campus de Oza, 15006 A Coruña, Spain
This work presents a mobile application to complement and reinforce the specific physical activities in children through training prior to such activities and monitoring their progress after it. This experiment has been developed on a healthy population of children from an education centre in the area of A Coruña. The results show increasing errors for lower primary school years, as expected, and also strongly dependent on the motor path type or characteristic. Therefore, this tool will be suitable for use with children affected by motor coordination difficulties.
