Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:40:36Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Aline Rodrigues Sorcinelli.pdf: 545203 bytes, checksum: 537c38908ca66dbcaceb6f9079a917e5 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2008-08-29 / The shortage of normative data in instruments and specific tests for the Brazilian population is a challenge to the professionals that intend to measure the effectiveness of its work. At the practical clinic, many diagnoses, preventions and treatments are established with the use of tests or measuring instruments. Instruments and tests that cover the motor developing aspects of manual coordination ability are even harder to find on the Brazilian children s norms and are important to notice the motor coordination issues that may affect their ability to take care of themselves, social activities and school performance. This study intended to find validation evidences of three manual motor ability tests, Purdue Pegboard, Finger Tapping and Simple Reaction Time in 134 right-handed children of 5 and 6 years old from two schools based in São Paulo, one of which is a private school and the other one is a public school with different socioeconomic levels. The specific objectives were intended to compare the performance of the manual motor ability tests between sexes and ages of 5 and 6 years olds, and to verify whether there was a performance difference in the tests between the children from the public and private school. The results showed a significant correlation between the three tests helping to validate the theory. Regarding the specified objectives, it was observed that between all the manual motor ability, only on the Purdue Pegboard 3 and 4 sub-tests did the girls perform better than the boys; the older children achieved a better performance on the tests; and the manual motor ability tests performance doesn t depend on which type of school the children attend. / A escassez de dados normativos em instrumentos e testes específicos para a população brasileira é um desafio aos profissionais que propõem mensurar a efetividade de seu trabalho. Na prática clínica, muitos diagnósticos, assim como prevenções e tratamentos podem ser estabelecidos com o uso de testes ou instrumentos de mensuração. Instrumentos e testes que abrangem aspectos do desenvolvimento motor como habilidade motora manual são ainda mais difíceis de estarem disponíveis nas normas para crianças brasileiras. Estes são importantes para a detecção de problemas de coordenação motora, que podem influenciar nas atividades de auto-cuidado, nas atividades sociais e no desempenho escolar. Este estudo propôs buscar evidências de validação de três testes de habilidade motora manual, Purdue Pegboard, Finger Tapping e Tempo de Reação Simples em 134 crianças de cinco e seis anos de idade. Todas destras, de duas escolas paulistanas, sendo uma escola particular e outra pública, com níveis sócioeconômicos distintos. Como objetivos específicos, a pesquisa propôs comparar o desempenho dos testes de habilidade motora manual entre os sexos, e entre as idades de cinco e seis anos. Além de verificar se existe diferenças no desempenho dos testes entre os sujeitos da escola pública e particular. Os resultados apontaram correlações significantes entre os três testes, o que auxiliou no processo de validade da construção. Em relação aos objetivos específicos observamos que entre todos os testes de habilidade motora manual, apenas nos sub-testes 3 e 4 do Purdue Pegboard, as meninas tiveram melhor desempenho que os meninos, os sujeitos com maior idade obtiveram melhor desempenho nos testes e o desempenho dos testes de habilidade motora manual independe do tipo de escola que o sujeito freqüenta.

of diploma thesis: Objective In the Czech republic there is no normative data for Purdue pegboard test in any reprezentative group of people. First goal of this diploma thesis is to determine basic normative data Purdue pegboard test in not representative sample of people with traumatic brain injury at the age of 22-40 years in chronic phase. Second goal is to determine clinical utility of Purdue pegboard test in this clinical population group of people. The Student t-test and ambiguity proportion was used to statistic analyse the hypothesis. As a graphic processing was choosen the linear equation with the image of the Gaussian curve. There are analysed 3 case studies about people with traumatic brain injury to accomplish second goal. There is no significant difference in Purdue pegboard test score in employed and unemployed people with traumatic brain injury, equally to women and men with traumatic brain injury. There is evidence, that age influence score of Purdue pegboard test in men with traumatic brain injury, but not in women with traumatic brain injury. There are presented basic norms of Purdue pegboard test in people with traumatic brain injury in standard and percentile scale in this thesis. Normative data in people with traumatic brain injury makes easier to work with this clinical...