Relación de la fuerza muscular y la coordinación motora en niños/as de tercero a quinto grado de la Escuela Luis Napoleón Dillón del cantón Pujilí-provincia de Cotopaxi

Abstract

Motor coordination is the ability to order and organize motor actions aimed at a specific objective with precision, efficiency and harmony, this is how the development of motor coordination in childhood can decisively influence motivation and involvement in a positive way. through physical activity that involves muscular strength. The objective of the research is to determine the relationship between muscle strength and motor coordination in children from third to fifth grade of the Luis Napoleón Dillon School, in the Pujilí canton, Cotopaxi province, through the understanding of the development of coordination. motor activity in childhood a nd its significant influence on motivation and involvement in physical activity, sports participation and the possibility of obtaining adequate academic performance. A mixed research approach study was applied to 84 students from third to fifth grade who w ere selected according to the inclusion and exclusion criteria, who participated in the Kiphard and Schilling (1974) Child Body Coordination (KTK) test that allowed the ID. and diagnosis of children with movement and coordination difficulties. The results obtained through the classification of the motor quotients of the KTK test, allowed us to determine that only 8 students have a high motor quotient, while children with a good motor quotient are 1 below the curve, 52 on the curve. and 4 in the curve. curve , and the students who have a normal motor coefficient are 18 on the curve and 1 on the curve. Finally, it was clearly observed that neither the stratum nor the school present significant differences in the TMC and that there is no correlation between said variables and the result in the coordinative test.