title: Gait Pattern Classification of Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder.
abstract: The purpose was to develop an index of walking performance and to examine gait pattern classifications of children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). The San Diego database (Sutherland, Olshen, Biden, & Wyatt, 1988) provided data for our calculation of the index and for determining that the index was able to differentiate between gait variables of older (ages 3 to 7) and younger (ages 1 to 2.5) children comprising the database. We obtained cinematographical data on 17 biomechanical markers of 6 boys and 1 girl, ages 6 to 7, with DCD, during walking. Analysis of individuals with DCD gait patterns revealed that most had abnormal walking patterns. The means of the time/distance gait variables did not differ between children with DCD and San Diego children, ages 3 to 7. Children with DCD had much larger variances than other children, indicating no systematic pattern in individual gait differences.
authors.affiliation: 1 Wilfrid Laurier University.
authors.forename: Sarah J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Woodruff
authors.affiliation: 2 University of New Brunswick.
authors.forename: Connie
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Bothwell-Myers
authors.affiliation: 2 University of New Brunswick.
authors.forename: Maureen
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tingley
authors.affiliation: 2 University of New Brunswick.
authors.forename: Wayne J
authors.initials: WJ
authors.lastname: Albert