A pshychomotric approach for the correction of children’s gait – the adapted movement score method

Walking is a complex process which requires full control throughout its entire duration, from walking inception up to locomotion ending, imposing continuous adjustments regarding speed, step length and width, direction and posture in response to internal and external stimuli. The general objective of this paper was highlighting the effectiveness of using the “Movement score” psychometric approach to improve the quality of walking in children with feet deficiencies. Human walking is a standard, repeatable and rhythmic locomotor act, having biomechanical patterns that are common for all healthy subjects. The human brain plays a very important role in the act of walking with cultural, cognitive and psychological factors that can affect how we walk. Psychomotric education is the starting point for the learning process of children. The movement score, also called “The Hungarian movement method” provides an efficient and plan-based tool that enables educators to playfully develop the physical, cognitive, affective and behavioural functions by adapting to the physical and psychological characteristics of early childhood. In order to create a gait motor engram which is as correct and precise as possible, the “Movement score” method can be use to obtain the conditions for the correct walking parameters. The introduction of an adapted “Movement score” method in the usual physiotherapy program can improve the kinesthetic image of walking.