INDICATIVE OF DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER IN STUDENTS AGED BETWEEN 7 TO 10 YEARS

Authors

  • Juliana da Silva Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
  • Thaís Silva Beltrame Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0101-32892013000100002

Keywords:

Motor assessment, motor perfomance, developmental coordination disorder, students.

Abstract

The objective of this study was to characterize the participants of both sexes, aged between 7 and 10 years, regarding to the presence of the Developmental Coordination Disorder - DCD. A group of 406 children aged between 7 to 10 years old, being 231 girls and 175 boys from a public school in São José/SC participated of this study. The motor assessments and indicative of DCD were made according to the Movement Assessment Battery for Children - First Edition (MABC-1; HENDERSON; SUGDEN, 1992). The prevalence of the indicative of DCD was 11,1%, value considered high when compared to reports of international researchs, but similar to the percentage found in other Brazilian studies.

Author Biographies

  • Juliana da Silva, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

    Universidade do Vale do Itajaí. Centro de Ciências da Saúde. Departamento de Educação Física. Biguaçú/Santa Catarina/Brasil. Mestre em Ciências do Movimento Humano - UDESC. Rod. SC 407, Km 9, n º 8222. Colonia Santana, São José/SC/BR. CEP: 88123-001.

     

  • Thaís Silva Beltrame, Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina

    Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina. Centro de Ciências da Saúde e do Esporte. Departamento de Ciências da Saúde. Doutora em Ciências do Movimento Humano - UFSM. Rua Pascoal Simone, nº 358, Coqueiros, Florianópolis, Canta Catarina-Brasil. Cep: 88080- 350.

     

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Published

2012-09-29

Issue

Vol. 35 No. 1 (2013)

Section

Artigos Originais