title: Motor profile of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, combined type.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of this study was to assess the motor profile of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), combined type.
  
  
  METHODS
  The case group consisted of 34 treatment-naive, male patients, aged 7-11 years, who had been diagnosed with ADHD, combined type, without comorbidities (except oppositional defiant disorder). The control group was composed of 32 age- and gender-matched, typically developing children. The evaluation was made using the Motor Development Scale, which assessed global and fine motricity, balance, body scheme, and spatial and temporal organization.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed that the motor quotients in all areas studied were lower in the ADHD group than in the control group, although in most cases they represent normal values relative to the scale (53% were classified as having "normal medium" motor development, 29% "normal low", 9% "very low", 6% "normal high" and 3% as "lower"). Statistically significant differences between groups were observed in general motor age, general motor quotient, balance, spatial organization, and fine and global motricity.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Difficulties in motor performance were observed in the children with ADHD, combined type. The identification of such deficits may assist in the design of therapeutic protocols for the treatment of children with this type of ADHD.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Medicine of University of São Paulo, Brazil. jugoulardins@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Juliana B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Goulardins
authors.forename: Juliana C Bilhar
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Marques
authors.forename: Erasmo B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Casella
authors.forename: Roseane O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Nascimento
authors.forename: Jorge A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Oliveira
mesh_terms: D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002648:Child; D002657:Child Development / Q000502:physiology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology*; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology; D013028:Space Perception / Q000502:physiology