motor proficiency in children with adhd

the purpose of this study was to survey motor proficiency in children with adhd. this study was descriptive, comparative and non-intervention. forty children selected by regarding to aims of study and, assigned into two groups (adhd and control) randomly. bruininks-oseretsky test of motor proficiency and conner's parent and teacher questionnaire was used for data collection. the parents or the teachers of all children completed questionnaires. the symptoms of adhd were conduct disorder, oppositional defiant disorder, anxiety, mood, and other internalizing disorders. a standardized algorithm was applied to the pacs to derive each of the all dsm-iv adhd symptoms, providing operational definitions for each behavioral symptom. these were combined with items that were scored zero (‘‘never’’) to 3 (‘‘extreme’’) in the teacher-rated conners’ adhd subscales, to generate the total number of hyperactive-impulsive and inattentive symptoms of the dsm-iv symptom list. the t –student test were used to determine the statistical difference in variables of study in significant level of p≤0/05. all data was analyzed using the spss. the results indicated that gross motor skills, fine motor skills and motor proficiency in normal children better than children with adhd do.