Proprioceptive kinaesthetic control underpins motor movements of developing children and can be influenced by several factors. The main aim of this study was to establish proprioceptive kinaesthetic coordination differences in six-year-olds from different school quintiles, of different genders, and with different handedness. A total of 193 six-year-olds from 10 schools of different quintiles in the Motheo District, Mangaung, were included, of which 97 (50.3%) were boys and 96 (49.7%) were girls. A quantitative cross-sectional study design was followed to determine proprioceptive kinaesthetic coordination differences. Right-handed participants performed significantly better than left-handed participants in the Finger-to-Nose task (p = 0.0125) when moving and positioning their dominant arm and hand. When using their dominant arm, significant differences in the shoulder-level-arm-raise (p = 0.0288) favoured boys. Girls showed superior execution of the force perception task (p = 0.0322). In conclusion, significant proprioceptive kinaesthetic coordination differences in six-year-olds were mainly not evident. Future work should explore proprioceptive kinaesthetic coordination differences in children of other ages and determine the practical implications of identified differences.

本体感觉动觉控制支持发育中儿童的运动，并可能受到多种因素的影响。本研究的主要目的是确定来自不同学校五分位数、不同性别和不同用手习惯的 6 岁儿童的本体感觉动觉协调差异。共有来自 Mangaung Motheo 区不同五分位的 10 所学校的 193 名 6 岁儿童被纳入，其中男孩 97 名（50.3%），女孩 96 名（49.7%）。遵循定量横断面研究设计以确定本体感觉动觉协调差异。右撇子参与者在手指到鼻子任务中的表现明显优于左撇子参与者 ( p = 0.0125) 在移动和定位他们的惯用手臂和手时。当使用他们的优势臂时，肩平举臂 ( p  = 0.0288) 的显着差异有利于男孩。女孩表现出对力感知任务的出色执行 ( p  = 0.0322)。总之，在 6 岁儿童中，显着的本体感觉运动协调差异主要不明显。未来的工作应该探索其他年龄段儿童的本体感觉运动协调差异，并确定已识别差异的实际意义。