MOTOR PROFILE OF SCHOOL CHILDREN WITH ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER/HYPERACTIVITY, PREDOMINANTLY INATTENTIVE SUBTYPE

  • Simeia Gaspar Palácio Centro Universitário de Maringá - UNICESUMAR
  • Aline Vasconcellos Centro Universitário de Maringá - UNICESUMAR
Keywords: Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Motor Capacity, Pediatrics

Abstract

Motor performance of school children with Attention Deficit Disorder/Hyperactivity, predominantly inattentive subtype, is characterized. Children´s profile with regard to gender, age, socio-economical level and body mass index is also investigated. Twenty-two children, aged between 7 and 10 years, in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th year of primary government schools in Maringá PR Brazil, were evaluated by the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC-2). Results showed that most children were male (68.2%), mean age 8.3±0.9 years, 3rd year schooling in a primary school (45.5%), with adequate body mass index (54.6%). School children belonged predominantly to socio-economical class B (45.5%), with predominantly parents´ secondary schooling level (82%). With regard to the sample´s motor performance, most had a performance with the levels of normality (64%), with highest deficit in the equilibrium of the motor ability (31%). Boys were better in manual dexterity (37%), whereas girls were better in equilibrium (50%), in spite of scanty significant difference. However, other research work to obtain more conclusive data should be undertaken due to the small size of the sample and the lack of proportion between the genders.

Author Biographies

Simeia Gaspar Palácio, Centro Universitário de Maringá - UNICESUMAR
Docente do Curso de Fisioterapia da UNICESUMAR – Centro Universitário de Maringá, PR, Brasil; Mestre em Educação pela Universidade Estadual de Londrina – UEL, Londrina, PR, Brasil
Aline Vasconcellos, Centro Universitário de Maringá - UNICESUMAR
Fisioterapeuta graduada pela UNICESUMAR - Centro Universitário de Maringá, PR, Brasil. Ex-colaboradora no Projeto de Iniciação Científica do CNPq/PIBIC 2012/2013.
Published
2014-07-15
Section
Artigos Originais