Takuya Higashionna|Ryoichiro Iwanaga|Akiko Tokunaga|Asami Nakai|Koji Tanaka|Hideyuki Nakane|Goro Tanaka
Relationship between Motor Coordination, Cognitive Abilities, and Academic Achievement in Japanese Children with Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Nagasaki University|Nagasaki University|Nagasaki University|Nagasaki University|Nagasaki University|Nagasaki University
backgroundobjective motor coordination impairment common children neurodevelopmental disorders autism spectrum disorder asd attention deficithyperactivity disorder adhd purpose study investigate relationship motor coordination cognitive ability academic achievement japanese children neurodevelopmental disorders methods thirtyfour schoolage 612 years old children neurodevelopmental disorders 34 agematched typically developing td children recruited study correlations scores movement assessment battery children2 mabc2 kaufman assessment battery children second edition kabcii assesses cognitive abilities academic achievement analyzed results children neurodevelopmental disorders obtained lower total score component scores mabc2 compared td children children neurodevelopmental disorders mabc2 manual dexterity score significantly correlated kabcii simultaneous processing r 345 p 046 knowledge r 422 p 013 reading r 342 p 048 writing r 414 p 017 arithmetic r 443 p 009 scores addition mabc2 balance score significantly correlated kabcii learning r 341 p 048 writing r 493 p 004 arithmetic r 386 p 024 scores conclusion findings stress essential accurately identify motor coordination impairments interventions would consider motor coordination problems related cognitive abilities academic achievement japanese children neurodevelopmental disorders