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Chen, Chia-ling; Chen, Chung-yao; Shen, I-hsuan; Liu, I-Shu; Kang, Lin-ju; Wu, Ching-yi – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
This study examines the criterion-related validity and clinimetric properties of the Assessment of Preschool Children's Participation (APCP) for children with cerebral palsy (CP). Eighty-two children with CP (age range, two to five years and 11 months) and their caregivers participated in this study. The APCP consists of diversity and intensity…
Descriptors: Skill Development, Motor Development, Psychomotor Skills, Caregivers
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Saraiva, Linda; Rodrigues, Luis P.; Cordovil, Rita; Barreiros, Joao – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2013
This study was designed to examine the cultural sensitivity of the PDMS-2 for Portuguese preschool children aged 36-71 months. A total of 540 children (255 males and 285 females) from 15 public preschools of Viana do Castelo, Portugal, were assessed. Age and gender effects in motor performance were examined. Results indicated that PDMS-2 is valid…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Object Manipulation, Motor Development, Preschool Children
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Tsang, William W. N.; Guo, X.; Fong, Shirley S. M.; Mak, Kwok-Kei; Pang, Marco Y. C. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Purpose: This study aimed (1) to compare the skeletal maturity and activity participation pattern between children with and without developmental coordination disorder (DCD); and (2) to determine whether activity participation pattern was associated with the skeletal development among children with DCD. Materials and methods: Thirty-three children…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Psychomotor Skills, Motor Development, Multiple Regression Analysis
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Sun, Shih-Heng; Sun, Hsiao-Ling; Zhu, Yi-Ching; Huang, Li-chi; Hsieh, Yueh-Ling – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
Preschooler Gross Motor Quality Scale (PGMQ) was recently developed to evaluate motor skill quality of preschoolers. The purpose of this study was to establish the concurrent validity of PGMQ using Test of Gross Motor Development-2 (TGMD-2) as the gold standard. One hundred and thirty five preschool children aged from three to six years were…
Descriptors: Construct Validity, Preschool Children, Measures (Individuals), Correlation
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Kambas, A.; Venetsanou, F.; Giannakidou, D.; Fatouros, I. G.; Avloniti, A.; Chatzinikolaou, A.; Draganidis, D.; Zimmer, R. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2012
Given the negative influence of motor difficulties on people's quality of life their early identification seems to be crucial and consequently the information provided by a sound assessment tool is of great importance. The aim of this study was to examine the suitability of the MOT 4-6 (Zimmer & Volkamer, 1987) for use with preschoolers in…
Descriptors: Quality of Life, Preschool Children, Identification, Psychomotor Skills
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Zhu, Yi-Ching; Wu, Sheng K.; Cairney, John – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2011
The purpose of this study was to investigate the associations between obesity and motor coordination ability in Taiwanese children with and without developmental coordination disorder (DCD). 2029 children (1078 boys, 951 girls) aged nine to ten years were chosen randomly from 14 elementary schools across Taiwan. We used bioelectrical impedance…
Descriptors: Obesity, Females, Foreign Countries, Motor Development
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Chen, Yu-Wei; Tseng, Mei-Hui; Hu, Fu-Chang; Cermak, Sharon A. – Research in Developmental Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2009
This study examined the consistency between the findings of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) as identified by the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency (BOTMP) and the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC), and explored the psychosocial and attention characteristics of children with DCD identified by the two motor tests,…
Descriptors: Withdrawal (Psychology), Motor Development, Psychomotor Skills, Developmental Disabilities