185 Health, Sports & Rehabilitation Medicine Vol. 21, no. 3, July-September 2020, 185–191 Eye-hand relationship of proprioceptive motor control and coordination in children 10–11 years old Dan Alexandru Szabo 1 , Nicolae Neagu 1 , Silvia Teodorescu 2 , Ioan Sabin Sopa 3 1 George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology of Targu Mures 2 National University of Physical Education and Sport of Bucharest 3 “Lucian Blaga” University Sibiu, Faculty of Science, Department of Environmental Science, Physics, Physical Education and Sport Abstract Background. Eye-hand coordination refers to the capacity to use the vision skill to guide hand movements and is vital not only in sports activities but also in everyday life and jobs. Aims. Our investigation tried to identify statistically signifcant variations between 110 children, aged 10–11 years old, from fve diferent schools in Targu Mures - Romania, who practice or not sports activities, comparing genders, and also correlating those who practice predominantly arm or leg sports. Methods. As a research method, we used the hand-eye coordination test and also examined the obtained data with professional statistical programs. Results. The results showed that between genders there is a statistically signifcant diference with better results in the eye- hand coordination test in the male gender. Also, a statistically signifcant diference was found between those who practiced sport and those who did not, and also between genders. No statistical diference was found between predominantly leg and arm sports. Conclusions. The conclusions of our investigation highlighted a statistically signifcant diference between the numbers of executions in the female gender compared with males and also between the median number of executions in students who practice sports and those who do not, and between the average number of executions for the female and male gender for those who practice sports. Key words: eye-hand coordination; balance; motor activities. Copyright © 2010 by “Iuliu Haţieganu” University of Medicine and Pharmacy Publishing Received: 2020, June 20; Accepted for publication: 2020, June 28 Address for correspondence: George Emil Palade University of Medicine, Pharmacy, Science, and Technology, Târgu Mureş, Gheorghe Marinescu Str. No. 38, 540139, Romania E-mail: dan-alexandru.szabo@umfst.ro Corresponding author: Dan Alexandru Szabo, e-mail: dan-alexandru.szabo@umfst.ro https://doi.org/10.26659/pm3.2020.21.3.185 Introduction Recent studies in visual attention prove that this cognitive process allows fundamental data, from dissipated and various visual scenes, and worthless data to be sifted through (McMains & Kastner, 2009). The eye-hand coordination quality which is characterized by the usage of vision cognitive perception that implies leading hand movements such as apprehending and reaching is fundamental for upper limb dexterity (Crawford et al., 2004). This process demands the implication of many cognition elements such as the visual apparatus, the lower and upper extremities of the body to make controlled, fast reactions and accurate movements (Shandiz et al., 2018). The eye-hand coordination process takes place in an organized manner that implies, frst of all, the visual fnding of the focused object or target, then the process of focusing attention on that target, followed by the perceptual recognition of its location, the cognitive process, and the scheme of reaching the target, and fnally the excitation of the extremity muscular system for initiating the movement process (Gao et al., 2010). In other words, eye movements are interconnected with lower extremity movements, as the eyes start and fnish their process of recognition faster than the hands (Carey, 2000). The coordination malfunction is described as any difculty or restriction at the level of motor coordination that results in a low level of anticipated performance, relying on the patient’s chronological age (Coetzee & Pienaar, 2013). As presented in some research investigations (Ellison, 2015), the prompt reaction time of the visual system regarding the eye-hand movement is issued by the