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Fine and gross motor ability in males with ADHD

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Pitcher, Thelma M, Piek, Jan P, Hay, David A·2003·Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology

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In the this study, both fine and gross motor ability of males with attention‐deficit‐hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) were compared with a group of control children. Three groups of males with the following ADHD subtypes: predominantly inattentive (ADHD‐PI; n=50), hyperactive/impulsive (ADHD‐HI; n=16), or combined (ADHD‐C; n=38) were compared with 39 control males. Mean ages for the control group were 10 years 4 months (SD1 year 4 months, range 7 years 8 months to 12 years 11 months); for the ADHD‐PI group, 10 years (SD 1 year 2 months, range 7 years 10 months to 13 years); for the ADHD‐HI group, 9 years 11 months (SD 1 year 2 months), range 7 years 11 months to 12 years 6 months); and for the ADHD‐C group 10 years 2 months (SD 1 year 4 months, range 8 to 13 years). The Australian Disruptive Behaviours Scale and Connors’Parent Rating Scale‐Revised were used to assess ADHD symptomatology. Verbal IQ was estimated using two verbal subtests of the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, and movement ability was assessed using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC) and the Purdue Pegboard test. Findings demonstrated that the children with ADHD had significantly poorer movement ability than control children. A high percentage of these children displayed movement difficulties consistent with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). In addition, the current study found that the type and degree of movement difficulty differed between subtypes. The Total Impairment score, as derived from the MABC, was less severe for the ADHD‐HI group than the other two ADHD groups, but more severe than for the control group. Males with ADHD‐PI and ADHD‐C had significantly poorer fine motor ability (p<0.001) than control males, whereas the ADHD‐HI group did not differ significantly from any of the other groups. As children with ADHD only and the control group did not differ significantly on fine motor ability but were significantly better than children categorized with both ADHD and DCD, it was argued that poorer fine motor ability found in children with ADHD could not be attributed to deficits in attention and concentration, but rather to factors relating to their motor ability.

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Authors
Pitcher, T. M., Piek, J. P., & Hay, D. A.
Affiliations
Curtin University (AU)
Corresponding author
Piek, Jan P
Venue
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2003-08
Volume
45
Issue
8
Pages
525-535
ISSN
  • 0012-1622 (ISSN-L)
  • 1469-8749
OpenAlex
W4235460399
Cited by
478
References
59
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FWCI
8.36
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • eSpace (Curtin University) (submittedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Children's Physical and Motor Development
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology › Developmental and Educational Neuropsychology
Keywords
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, fine motor skills, gross motor skills, motor abilities, developmental coordination disorder, ADHD subtypes, combined type ADHD, Movement Assessment Battery for Children, Purdue Pegboard Test, motor coordination deficits
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Brain, Child, Child, Preschool, Cognition Disorders, Humans, Functional Laterality, Male, Surveys and Questionnaires, Sampling Studies, Severity of Illness Index, Wechsler Scales, Reproducibility of Results, Hand Strength, Motor Skills Disorders, Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

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