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