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Movement Scaling in Children With ADHD-Combined Type

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Journal of Attention Disorders: A Journal of Theoretical and Applied Science

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Abstract

Objective: The aim of the study was to investigate motor performance in children with ADHD using a size-scaling handwriting task. Method: In all, 14 male children with ADHD and 14 typically developing (TD) children (age 7-15) wrote 10-mm and 40-mm cursive letter "l." Results: Children with ADHD were unable to maintain their writing accurately at 40 mm, falling short by several millimeters; this was not evident in the TD children. Children with ADHD also had slightly faster and more fluent writing than TD children. Conclusion: It was concluded that children with ADHD have difficulties scaling handwriting movement in the larger 40-mm condition that may reflect poor planning and modulation of movement, despite having faster and more fluent movements.(J. of Att. Dis. 2013; XX(X) 1-XX)