Meta-analysis of process- oriented motor interventions (sensory integration, perceptual-motor and neuro developmental) on children's motor skills

Due to the importance of motor skills in the development and learning of children, many studies have investigated the effectiveness of process-oriented motor interventions in this field, but have these interventions been effective?

The aim of this study was to meta-analyze the effectiveness of process-oriented motor interventions on children's motor skills.

In this study, meta-analysis was used as a tool to determine, collect, combine and summarize research findings related to process-based interventions on motor skills.The statistical population included all researches conducted in the field of process- oriented interventions in the period of 1387 to 1398 for Persian articles and 2011 to 2020 for Latin articles. For this purpose, 31 studies (19 Persian articles and 12 Latin articles) that were methodologically approved as a statistical sample were selected and Meta-analysis was performed on them. The research tool was a meta-analysis checklist.

The results showed that the magnitude of the effect of process-oriented interventions on children's motor skills was 0.42, which according to Cohen's Interpretation table means the effect size (p<0/1).

Therefore, it can be said that based on the results of this meta-analysis; Process- oriented motor interventions can be effective in improving children's motor skills.