NCS Assessments of the Motor, Sensory, and Physical Health Domains

Jane E Clark¹, Russell Pate², Rose Marie Rine³, Jennifer Christy⁴, Pamela Dalton⁵, Diane L Damiano⁶, Stephen Daniels⁷, Jonathan M Holmes⁸, Peter T Katzmarzyk⁹, Susan Magasi¹⁰, Ryan McCreery¹¹, Kerry McIver¹², Karl M Newell¹³, Terence Sanger¹⁴, David Sugden¹⁵, Elsie Taveras¹⁶, Steven Hirschfeld¹⁷

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¹ Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States.
² Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States.
³ Specialty Therapy Source, Jacksonville, FL, United States.
⁴ Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, United States.
⁵ Monell Chemical Senses Center, Monell Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
⁶ Rehabilitation Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, United States.
⁸ Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
⁹ Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.
¹⁰ Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
¹¹ Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, United States.
¹² Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States.
¹³ Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.
¹⁴ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Neurology, and Biokinesiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
¹⁵ School of Education, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
¹⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Mass General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA, United States.
¹⁷ National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.

PMID: 34900852
PMCID: PMC8661476
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.622542

NCS Assessments of the Motor, Sensory, and Physical Health Domains

Jane E Clark et al. Front Pediatr. 2021.

. 2021 Nov 26:9:622542.

doi: 10.3389/fped.2021.622542. eCollection 2021.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Kinesiology, School of Public Health, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States.
² Department of Exercise Science, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States.
³ Specialty Therapy Source, Jacksonville, FL, United States.
⁴ Department of Physical Therapy, University of Alabama, Birmingham, AL, United States.
⁵ Monell Chemical Senses Center, Monell Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
⁶ Rehabilitation Medicine Department, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.
⁷ Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, CO, United States.
⁸ Department of Ophthalmology and Vision Science, University Arizona, Tucson, AZ, United States.
⁹ Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, United States.
¹⁰ Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States.
¹¹ Boys Town National Research Hospital, Boys Town, NE, United States.
¹² Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, United States.
¹³ Department of Kinesiology, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States.
¹⁴ Department of Biomedical Engineering, Neurology, and Biokinesiology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States.
¹⁵ School of Education, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom.
¹⁶ Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Mass General Hospital for Children, Boston, MA, United States.
¹⁷ National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, United States.

PMID: 34900852
PMCID: PMC8661476
DOI: 10.3389/fped.2021.622542

Abstract

As part of the National Children's Study (NCS) comprehensive and longitudinal assessment of the health status of the whole child, scientific teams were convened to recommend assessment measures for the NCS. This manuscript documents the work of three scientific teams who focused on the motor, sensory, or the physical health aspects of this assessment. Each domain team offered a value proposition for the importance of their domain to the health outcomes of the developing infant and child. Constructs within each domain were identified and measures of these constructs proposed. Where available extant assessments were identified. Those constructs that were in need of revised or new assessment instruments were identified and described. Recommendations also were made for the age when the assessments should take place.

Keywords: National Children's Study; assessment; children; motor; physical health; sensory.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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