title: [Assessment of fine motor skills in young children and school children].
abstract: With the - limited - exception of the Frostig test, a standardized assessment of fine-motor coordination in young children is not yet possible. Only handedness or visuomotor coordination can be examined with the Steingruber's hand dominance test (HDT) or, in schoolchildren, with the Göttingen form reproduction test (GFT). The semiquantitative neurological examination described by Touwen and Prechtl has only an orientational character. In adults, fine-motor coordination can already be measured electronically in a standardized manner with the Motorische Leistungsserie after Schoppe and the Viennese reaction device (VRD). In a normal population of 296 kindergarten and school children aged between 4 and 12 years, this method has now been standardized for use in children. Validation was effected in hyperactive children and children with fine-motor deficits prior to and during stimulation treatment, and also in hemiplegic children. The results demonstrate the good, age-dependent differentiation of Fleishman's nine factors of handedness. The procedure will be suitable for clinical diagnosis of fine-motor disorders of varying genesis, and also for treatment and course monitoring in pre-school and school children.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Pothmann
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kurbjuhn
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D009048:Motor Skills; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests
vernacular_title: Feinmotorische Diagnostik bei Kindergarten- und Schulkindern.