Hidenori Moriyama, Toru Fuchimukai, Naoki Kondo, John I Takayama
Obesity in elementary school children after the Great East Japan Earthquake
Pediatrics international : official journal of the Japan Pediatric Society
investigate convergent validity new questionnaire developmental coordination disorder checklist dcdc examined relationship dcdc score soft neurological signs sns highly correlated movement assessment battery children mabc widely applied assess fine gross motor skills patients 70 elementary school children without intellectual disabilities referred clinic examined sns whose parents completed dcdc dcdc consists 16 items focus three factors fine motor gross motor catch throw used previously described method assess sns included five tasks 1 standing one leg closed eyes 2 finger opposition test 3 diadochokinesis 4 associated movements diadochokinesis 5 motor persistence laterally fixed gaze dcdc scores sns strongly positively correlated higher dcdc scores indicating greater coordination problems associated higher number positive sns dcdc scores proven strongly correlated sns data suggest dcdc good convergent validity