Motor development is a fundamental and multifaceted pillar of a child’s developmenjourney, serving as a fundamental foundation for optimizing a child’s physical, cognitive, emotional, and psychosocial well-being [1]. In today’s social and healthcare landscape, characterized by a concerning prevalence of hypokinetic phenotypes and growing challenges related to the heterogeneous trajectories of neurodevelopment [2,3], the academic community is called upon to produce robust empirical evidence. This body of evidence is essential for guiding intervention strategies that promote Physical Literacy, active lifestyles, foster full inclusion, and maximize each individual’s developmental potential, moving beyond purely compensatory or therapeutically approaches. This Special Issue, titled “Recent Advances in Children’s Motor Development: From Birth to Adolescence,” compiles nine high-profile scientific contributions, presenting a significant synergic and innovative epistemological framework. The primary added value of this Special Issue lies in the dense network of theoretical and methodological interconnections among the published studies, which, while investigating different populations and developmental stages, converge toward the overcoming of biomechanical reductionism in favor of a holistic, ecological, and embodied construct.
Tracking Current Evidence and Future Perspectives of Children’s Motor Development
Domenico Monacis
Writing – Original Draft Preparation
;Dario ColellaWriting – Review & Editing
2026-01-01
Abstract
Motor development is a fundamental and multifaceted pillar of a child’s developmenjourney, serving as a fundamental foundation for optimizing a child’s physical, cognitive, emotional, and psychosocial well-being [1]. In today’s social and healthcare landscape, characterized by a concerning prevalence of hypokinetic phenotypes and growing challenges related to the heterogeneous trajectories of neurodevelopment [2,3], the academic community is called upon to produce robust empirical evidence. This body of evidence is essential for guiding intervention strategies that promote Physical Literacy, active lifestyles, foster full inclusion, and maximize each individual’s developmental potential, moving beyond purely compensatory or therapeutically approaches. This Special Issue, titled “Recent Advances in Children’s Motor Development: From Birth to Adolescence,” compiles nine high-profile scientific contributions, presenting a significant synergic and innovative epistemological framework. The primary added value of this Special Issue lies in the dense network of theoretical and methodological interconnections among the published studies, which, while investigating different populations and developmental stages, converge toward the overcoming of biomechanical reductionism in favor of a holistic, ecological, and embodied construct.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
