Gross motor skills in children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder

Abstract

Introduction: The purpose of the study was to compare gross motor skills in children with and without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) symptoms. Children diagnosed with ADHD encounter difficulties in many areas of daily living activities that require motor coordination skills and often perform poorly on motor skills tests. Method: A hundred and sixty primary school children (80 with ADHD and 80 controls) between 7-13 years, both females and males, participated in the study. Simple gross motor skills tasks such as walking, standing, catching, dribbling and kicking tasks were employed. The results were compared for gender and age. Results: The children with ADHD showed poorer performance on all tasks. The gender of the participants influenced performance on kicking and dribbling tasks. Conclusion: An association between the symptoms of ADHD and gross motor control was demonstrated, implying the need to include gross motor tasks or tests in assessments and interventions of children with ADHD.

The relationship between speech difficulties and brain laterality in Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and Specific Learning Disorder

“…Consistently, compared to right handed students, left handed ones have a higher probability of suffering from ADHD [7]. Studies demonstrate that in ADHD patients, non-right handedness [7,22] and crossed laterality (79-41% in ADHD and control groups, respectively) are more common and cross laterality is associated with behavioral problems [23]. On the contrary, there are studies showing that in ADHD handedness is not different [24] and not associated with symptom scores or comorbidity [25].…”

Investigating Subtypes of Motor Skills and Activities of Daily Living among Young Children with Motor Delay

“…Using the raw scores of the subtests included in the MABC-2, we calculated standard scores by expressing the sum of the three MD tests as MD SS, the sum of the two AC tests as AC SS, and the sum of the three BAL tests as BAL SS [ 32 ]. The MD test is considered a fine motor task [ 31 ] and the AC test [ 31 , 39 ] and the BAL test as a gross motor task [ 31 ]. We distinguished the MD test as children's fine motor skills and the AC and BAL tests as children's gross motor skills.…”

Prevalence estimations of comorbid attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and developmental co-ordination disorder in children aged 8 - 9 in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

“…Similar studies in SA did not confirm an ADHD diagnosis that had been made clinically. [8,17,18] A second strength was that DCD was diagnosed with both the DCDQ and MABC-1, which demonstrate concurrent validity. [22,23] No similar studies assessed DCD using both instruments.…”

“…Children with ADHD displayed poorer scores in all motor tasks than did the control group. [18] Once more, demographics describing comorbid ADHD and DCD were not outlined. The paucity of information on prevalence figures and demographics of comorbid ADHD and DCD worldwide, and in SA in particular, is evident.…”