Abstract
Assessment of Handwriting Skill in South Indian Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
Highlights
Children with developmental coordination dis¬order (DCD) experience difficulties produc-ing controlled and coordinated movement and this difficulty interferes with their activity of daily living and academic achievement
Children with DCD have difficulties performing the open-loop and closed-loop movements required for fluent handwriting
Impaired motor coordination, evidenced by scoring below the 15th percentile on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC) difficulties with functional activities of daily living and in academics, scoring above 80 on the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT) children with pervasive developmental disorder were not included in this study
Summary
10 boys with DCD with age ranges from 6 to 8 years with Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (K-BIT) scoring above 80 were included in the study after hav¬ing satisfied the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders for DCD. Children with pervasive developmental disorder were not included in this study
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