the term autistic refers to the individuals who have a set of development disorders relevant to the central nervous system. these children are known to have deficiency in social interaction, language and communication. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between motor development and social development of 6-10-year-old autistic children of mashhad city. the statistical sam...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of traditional - local games on the development of gross motor skills of children with educable mental retardation. 30 educable mentally retarded children in welfare organization of marivan city (mea age 12.8 ±1.12 yr and iq 33.61±7.81) were studied with purposive sampling method. all children were pretested; then, samples were randomly divide...

the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a selected physical activity program on the development of motor skills in children with attention deficit / hyperactivity disorder (adhd) and high functioning autism (hfa). in this semiexperimental research, 20 children (8.8+0.7 years old) with hfa and 10 children (7.9+1.4 years old) with adhd based on pretest scores were randomly selected...

objectives: developmental coordination disorder (dcd) is a motor skill disorder which impacts upon a child, s ability to perform age-appropriate activity of daily living and academic performance. they have problems in gross & fine motors, their upper limb coordination are impaired, too. in this way, we decided to compare motors skills with botmp test in children with dcd and their normal peers....

PURPOSE In an investigation of the functional impact of amblyopia in children, the fine motor skills of amblyopes and age-matched control subjects were compared. The influence of visual factors that might predict any decrement in fine motor skills was also explored. METHODS Vision and fine motor skills were tested in a group of children (n = 82; mean age, 8.2 +/- 1.7 [SD] years) with amblyopi...

The purpose of this prospective cohort study was to assess how cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF) of children with probable developmental coordination disorder (DCD) changes over a period of 4.7 years relative to a group of typically developing controls. A school-based sample of children in a large region of Ontario, Canada with 75 out of a possible 92 schools consented to participate. Children en...

It is usual for individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to demonstrate deficits in motor behavior. Participation movement programs has been suggested elicit improvements their competence (MC) level. The aim of the present study was examine effect a Greek traditional dance (GTD) program on MC 6-14-year-old children ASD. design included eight participants (two girls, six boys), who were r...

AIM This study sought to examine the effect of environmental enrichment on the motor skills of children adopted from orphanage settings. We investigated balance and bilateral coordination skills in 33 internationally adopted postinstitutionalized children (16 males, 17 females; age range 8 y 5 mo-15 y 10 mo; mean age 10 y 9 mo; SD 2 y 2 mo) and compared them with 34 non-institutionalized childr...

OBJECTIVE To investigate clinical effects of equine-assisted activities and therapy (EAA/T) for treating attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children age 6-13 years. METHODS This 12-week, prospective, open-label trial included 24 sessions of EAA/T. Twenty participants (19 boys and 1 girl) completed 12 weeks of EAA/T. Various clinical tests were administered at baseline and afte...

BACKGROUND Several reports indicate that drinking water arsenic (WAs) and manganese (WMn) are associated with children's intellectual function. Very little is known, however, about possible associations with other neurologic outcomes such as motor function. METHODS We investigated the associations of WAs and WMn with motor function in 304 children in Bangladesh, 8-11 years of age. We measured...