Cultural Adaptation of the MABC-2 Checklist as a Screening Tool for Developmental Coordination Disorder in Schools

Banátová, Kamila; Valtr, Ludvík; Cuberek, Roman

doi:10.1080/07380577.2022.2056778

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“…These findings align with subjective reports of primary school teachers, who also described the MABC-2 as easy to complete, analyse and interpret [21].…”

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Strengths and weaknesses of the MABC-2 as a diagnostic tool for developmental coordination disorder: An online survey of occupational therapists and physiotherapists

Hadwin,

Wood,

Payne

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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The Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) is the most widely used instrument for aiding the diagnosis of developmental coordination disorder (DCD). Despite being shown to have strong validity and reliability, it has received criticism for aspects of its scoring system, the lack of formal training, and its susceptibility to overlook higher functioning DCD children. To aid the development of future diagnostic tools and/or iterations of the MABC-2, the present study attempted to draw upon the experience of key stakeholders and determine the strengths and weaknesses of the MABC-2. Using a short online questionnaire, occupational therapists (n = 14) and physiotherapists (n = 3) with experience using the MABC-2 for DCD diagnosis completed a series of Likert scale and free-text questions. Braun and Clarke’s six-phase process to thematic analyses was used to identify main themes obtained across quantitative and qualitative data. Results indicate that whilst the MABC-2 is easy to administer and interpret, the scores can misrepresent true motor difficulties due to (a) daily variations in mental and physical state, (b) the reliance on non-functional tasks, (c) negative interference from parents, (d) changes in motor competency due to practice, and (e) a lack of formal examiner training to ensure the test is effectively lead. Further work is needed to more reliably determine how perceptions of the MABC-2 might vary across levels of expertise, profession, and cultural differences.

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“…These findings align with subjective reports of primary school teachers, who also described the MABC-2 as easy to complete, analyse and interpret [21].…”

Section: [Pt1]supporting

confidence: 85%

Strengths and weaknesses of the MABC-2 as a diagnostic tool for developmental coordination disorder: An online survey of occupational therapists and physiotherapists

Hadwin,

Wood,

Payne

et al. 2023

PLoS ONE

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“…The Checklist has excellent internal consistency, Cronbachʼs α > 0.92 ( Schoemaker et al, 2012 ; Kita et al, 2016 ), good-to-excellent inter-rater reliability, ICC = 0.78–0.91 ( Ramalho et al, 2013 ) and proven discriminant validity as a predictor of motor impairment ( Schoemaker et al, 2012 ). The adapted Czech version of the Checklist is also sensitive to DCD and correlates significantly with the MABC-2 Test ( r s = −0.31) ( Banátová et al, 2022 ). School psychologists reviewed the medical and behavioral records of each child to assess criteria C and D. Twenty-one children were identified as having ADHD and excluded.…”

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Motor-cognitive coupling is impaired in children with mild or severe forms of developmental coordination disorder

Abdollahipour,

Valtr,

Banátová

et al. 2023

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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Children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) show deficits in motor-cognitive coupling. However, it remains unclear whether such deficits depend on the severity of DCD. The aim of this study was to examine cognitive-motor coupling under different levels of inhibitory control in children with severe (s-DCD) or moderate DCD (m-DCD), compared with typically-developing children (TDC). The performance of 29 primary-school children aged 6–12 years with s-DCD (Mage = 9.12 ± 1.56 years), 53 m-DCD (Mage = 8.78 ± 1.67 years), and 201 TDC (Mage = 9.20 ± 1.50 years) was compared on a double jump reaching task (DJRT) paradigm, presented on a large 42-inch touchscreen. The task display had a circular home-base, centred at the bottom of the display, and three target locations at radials of −20°, 0°, and 20°, 40 cm above the home-base circle. For the standard double-jump reaching task (DJRT), children moved their index finger from home-base circle to touch the target stimulus as fast as possible; 20% were jump trials where the target shifted left or right at lift-off. For the anti-jump reaching task (AJRT), 20% of trials required an anti-jump movement, touching the contralateral target location. While no group differences were shown on the DJRT, the DCD group were slower to complete reaching movements than the TDC group on AJRT; on the latter, the two DCD sub-groups were not shown to differ. Results confirm the presence of motor inhibition deficits in DCD which may not be dependent on the motor severity of the disorder.

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Quality of instruments measuring activity and participation in children with developmental coordination disorder: A systematic review

Huang,

Chen

et al. 2025

Annals of Physical and Rehabilitation Medicine

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Cultural Adaptation of the MABC-2 Checklist as a Screening Tool for Developmental Coordination Disorder in Schools

Cited by 4 publications

References 35 publications

Strengths and weaknesses of the MABC-2 as a diagnostic tool for developmental coordination disorder: An online survey of occupational therapists and physiotherapists

Strengths and weaknesses of the MABC-2 as a diagnostic tool for developmental coordination disorder: An online survey of occupational therapists and physiotherapists

Motor-cognitive coupling is impaired in children with mild or severe forms of developmental coordination disorder

Quality of instruments measuring activity and participation in children with developmental coordination disorder: A systematic review

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