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Movement scaling in children with ADHD-combined type
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posted on 2016-02-01, 00:00 authored by R Langmaid, Nicole Papadopoulos, B Johnson, J Phillips, Nicole RinehartObjective
The aim of the study was to investigate motor performance in children with ADHD using a size-scaling handwriting task.
Method
In all, 14 male children with ADHD and 14 typically developing (TD) children (age 7-15) wrote 10-mm and 40-mm cursive letter “l.”
Results
Children with ADHD were unable to maintain their writing accurately at 40 mm, falling short by several millimeters; this was not evident in the TD children. Children with ADHD also had slightly faster and more fluent writing than TD children.
Conclusion
It was concluded that children with ADHD have difficulties scaling handwriting movement in the larger 40-mm condition that may reflect poor planning and modulation of movement, despite having faster and more fluent movements.
The aim of the study was to investigate motor performance in children with ADHD using a size-scaling handwriting task.
Method
In all, 14 male children with ADHD and 14 typically developing (TD) children (age 7-15) wrote 10-mm and 40-mm cursive letter “l.”
Results
Children with ADHD were unable to maintain their writing accurately at 40 mm, falling short by several millimeters; this was not evident in the TD children. Children with ADHD also had slightly faster and more fluent writing than TD children.
Conclusion
It was concluded that children with ADHD have difficulties scaling handwriting movement in the larger 40-mm condition that may reflect poor planning and modulation of movement, despite having faster and more fluent movements.
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Journal of attention disordersVolume
20Issue
2Pagination
131 - 137Publisher
SageLocation
London, Eng.Publisher DOI
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1087-0547eISSN
1557-1246Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
2016, SageUsage metrics
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motor performancehandwriting tasksmodulation of movementSocial SciencesScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicinePsychology, DevelopmentalPsychiatryPsychologyADHDcomorbiditymotor controlDEFICIT-HYPERACTIVITY DISORDERATTENTION-DEFICIT\/HYPERACTIVITY DISORDERAUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERSMOTOR COORDINATIONPERFORMANCE
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