Design and test–retest reliability of a new test to assess motor competence in healthy older adults

Cabrera-Linares, José Carlos; Latorre-Román, Pedro Ángel; Lucena-Zurita, Manuel; Párraga, Juan Antonio

Design and test–retest reliability of a new test to assess motor competence in healthy older adults

dc.contributor.author	Cabrera-Linares, José Carlos
dc.contributor.author	Latorre-Román, Pedro Ángel
dc.contributor.author	Lucena-Zurita, Manuel
dc.contributor.author	Párraga, Juan Antonio
dc.date.accessioned	2025-08-25T07:28:56Z
dc.date.available	2025-08-25T07:28:56Z
dc.date.issued	2025-07-16
dc.description.abstract	The objective of this study was to design and analyze the test–retest reliability of a test to assess holistic motor competence in older adults (HMCT-OA), as well as the capacity of this test to discriminate between sex and age. A total of 239 older adults (age = 72.44 ± 5.93 years old) joined in this study. The test was divided into motor cognitive section, locomotor section, and manipulative section. Each section and the total time to complete the test was registered. Intraclass correlation coefficient analysis showed 0.997 (95% CI = 0.996–0.998; p < 0.001) for the total test. Also, a strong correlation between the total test and each section was found. No significant differences between sexes were found; however, the participants over 80 years old showed worse performance. The HMCT-OA showed excellent test–retest reliability parameters for older adults. The test is safe, easy to set up, and was also able to discriminate per age in healthy older adults.
dc.identifier.citation	Linares, J. C. C., Román, P. Á. L., Zurita, M. L., & Montilla, J. A. P. (2025). Design and test–retest reliability of a new test to assess motor competence in healthy older adults. GeroScience, 1-12.
dc.identifier.issn	2509-2723
dc.identifier.other	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11357-025-01812-5
dc.identifier.uri	https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s11357-025-01812-5#citeas
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10953/6021
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Springer
dc.relation.ispartof	Geroscience
dc.rights	Attribution-NoDerivs 3.0 Spain	en
dc.rights.accessRights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/3.0/es/
dc.subject	Older adults
dc.subject	Motor Competence
dc.subject	Gross motor skills
dc.subject	Fine motor skills
dc.subject.udc	N/A
dc.title	Design and test–retest reliability of a new test to assess motor competence in healthy older adults
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dc.type.version	info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion