National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES): National Youth Fitness Survey (NYFS) Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-2) - Tapa blanda

The Test of Gross Motor Development – Second Edition (TGMD-2) is used to test the motor skills of all 3-5-year-olds participating in the National Youth Fitness Survey (NYFS). The TGMD-2 is a norm-referenced measure of common gross motor skills that develop early in life. It has been used by researchers in several countries2-9 and combines fun activities with a procedure that is valid and reliable. The TGMD-2 is composed of two subtests for gross motor development––Locomotor and Object Control––both of which have six skills that assess a different aspect of gross motor development.