Fine Motor Skills in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Developmental Coordination Disorder

J Gordon Millichap

doi:10.15844/pedneurbriefs-20-3-8

Fine Motor Skills in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Developmental Coordination Disorder

Pediatric Neurology Briefs

Volume 20 (2006): Issue 3

By: J Gordon Millichap

Open Access

|Mar 2006

Abstract

The manual dexterity subtests of the Movement Assessment Battery for Children, and handwriting and computerized graphomotor tasks were used to investigate motor skills of a group of 12 children (11 males, 1 female; mean age 9 years 7 months) with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and 12 controls at University Medical Centre Groningen, the Netherlands.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.15844/pedneurbriefs-20-3-8 | Journal eISSN: 2166-6482

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Language: English

Page range: 23 - 24

Published on: Mar 1, 2006

Published by: Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Fine Motor Abilities,

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder,

Coordination Disorder

© 2006 J Gordon Millichap, published by Pediatric Neurology Briefs Publishers
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Volume 20 (2006): Issue 3