title: Report of normative sensory and motor performance in children using a standardized battery.
abstract: This study provided normative data for sensory and motor functioning of children from 2-15 years of age. Two hundred eighty-eight children without a history of neurological or psychiatric evaluation, diagnosis, or treatment served as subjects. Each child was administered the Dean-Woodcock Sensory and Motor Battery. This measure consists of 18 individual subtests. Nine subtests reflect visual, auditory, or tactile perception. The remaining 9 subtests involve motor functioning, with 3 of the subtests devoted to subcortical functioning. The results showed that the most rapid development occurred between the ages of 4 and 7 years. Indeed, some 76% of the sensory-motor tasks administered reached a plateau by age 7.
authors.affiliation: Ball State University, 1407 Marsh Street, Muncie, IN 47306, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Lang
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Hill
authors.forename: R S
authors.initials: RS
authors.lastname: Dean
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D009483:Neuropsychological Tests; D011597:Psychomotor Performance / Q000502:physiology*