Table 4 Results on the gross motor skills tasks from the NP-MOT battery (mean (standard deviation))

Gross motor skills

Dynamic balance

 → Walk: total score ^a

24.94 (1.94)

25.48 (1.73)

0.045

 → Walk a line forward: total score ^a

5.32 (0.48)

5.6 (0.50)

0.049

 → Walk a line forward: time score ^a

2.32 (0.47)

2.6 (0.5)

0.049

 → Walk a line forward: posture score ^a

3.00 (0.00)

3.00 (0.00)

1

 → Walk a line backward: total score ^a

4.36 (1.44)

4.94 (1.41)

0.075

 → Walk a line backward: time score ^a

1.96 (0.79)

2.52 (0.59)

0.009*

 → Walk a line backward: posture score ^a

2.4 (1.22)

2.4 (1.22)

1

 → Walk on heels

3.76 (0.66)

3.96 (0.20)

0.156

 → Walk on tiptoe

4.00 (0.00)

4.00 (0.00)

1

 → Jump

7.52 (0.93)

7.88 (0.33)

0.007*

Manual dexterity

 → Manual dexterity

10.24 (2.30)

11.52 (0.92)

0.010*

Static balance

 → Static balance: total score ^a

15.72 (1.84)

16.44 (1.00)

0.126

 → Feet together ^a

4.72 (1.06)

5.00 (0.00)

0.153

 → On one foot ^a

7.40 (0.87)

7.68 (0.63)

0.263

 → On tiptoe ^a

3.60 (0.76)

3.76 (0.60)

0.341