The purpose of the study was to examine the relationship between sleep patterns, motor proficiency and commonly co-occurring neurodevelopmental disorders in children, attitude to physical activity, mental health, and age. The study also looked at differences in sleep efficiency, as well as, perceived adequacy in physical activity between typically developing children and children with low motor proficiency. The sample consisted of 127 participants, 6-12 years old living in Perth, Western Australia. 51% participants were considered typically developing and 49% to have low motor proficiency. Motor proficiency, indications of Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorder and anxiety/depression, adequacy in, or predilection for physical activity did not show a relationship to sleep efficiency. Significant differences between groups in sleep efficiency or adequacy in physical activity were not found. No interaction effect of neurodevelopmental disorders were identified. Sleep in children with movement impairments caused by neurodevelopmental disorders is an area where continued studies are of great importance. Although no relationship was identified in the current study, previous research has suggested sleep may play an important role for development and optimal everyday functioning. A better understanding of physical and psychological consequences and possible contributing factors of low motor proficiency in childhood is important as the risk of long-term dysfunction in emotional, cognitive and physical areas may be reduced in an optimal environment.

Résumé : Le trouble de l’acquisition de la coordination (TAC), d’étiologie encore indéterminée, est une anomalie neurologique affectant environ 6% des enfants de l'âge scolaire. Le TAC se manifeste essentiellement par un déficit au niveau des exécutions motrices. Le présent travail de recherche comporte deux volets portant sur le TAC. Premièrement, une étude clinique sur 129 sujets âgés de 4 à 18 ans a permis de classifier les caractéristiques du TAC en sous-groupes cliniques. Trente-trois caractéristiques du TAC, les plus fréquemment rapportées dans la littérature, ont été recensées chez nos sujets. L'application d'évaluations statistiques a permis de faire ressortir trois classes essentielles. Le deuxième volet consistait à identifier les régions cérébrales impliquées dans une tâche motrice à l'aide de l'imagerie par la tomographie d'émission par positrons (TEP). Deux sujets avec TAC et deux sujets normaux ont été étudiés en deux séances d'imagerie TEP dont l'une au repos et l'autre en tapotant du pouce sur les doigts de la main gauche non-dominante. Les analyses du premier volet ont montré, entre autres, que le TAC touchait 3.17 garçons pour une fille, que tous les sujets étaient lents, que 47% des sujets étaient gauchers ou ambidextres alors que seulement 10% sont gauchers dans la population générale, que 26% avaient une dyspraxie verbale, et que 83% avaient été diagnostiqués anxieux. Les sujets ont été classés en trois sous-groupes: 1- maladroits et autres caractéristiques, sans problème de langage; 2- trouble de l’estime de soi et relation avec les pairs; 3- difficulté de langage. En imagerie, les structures cérébrales ont été classées selon leur captation du 18F-fluorodesoxyglucose (FDG) dans les hémisphères droit et gauche, avant et après l'activation, et en comparaison avec les sujets normaux. Trois types de structures cérébrales sont ressortis avec les statistiques: des structures activées, celles relativement non sollicitées et des structures désactivées. Il y avait plus de variations dans la captation du FDG chez les sujets avec TAC que chez les normaux. En conclusion, la caractérisation des sujets avec TAC par le diagnostic clinique et par l'imagerie peut procurer un plan de thérapie adéquat et ciblé étant donné que le TAC a un large spectre et pourrait coexister avec d'autres déficits cérébraux. / Abstract : Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) is a neurological abnormality affecting approximately 6% of children of school age. DCD is essentially manifested by deficit in motor executions. The present research aims two parts of DCD. First, a clinical study on 129 subjects aged 4 to 18 years old allowed to classify DCD characteristics (subtyping) in three classes. Thirty-three features of DCD, the most frequently reported in literature, have been identified in our subjects. The application of statistical clustering produced three essential classes. The second part was to identify the brain regions involved in a motor task using positron emission tomography (PET) imaging. Subjects with DCD and control subjects were studied in two PET imaging sessions at rest and then by tapping the thumb on each finger of the left non-dominant hand. The results showed, that DCD concerned 3.17 boys for one girl, all subjects were slow, 47% of the subjects were left-handed or ambidextrous while only 10% are left-handed in general population, 26% had a verbal dyspraxia, and 83% had been diagnosed with anxiety. Subjects were classified into three groups: 1- clumsy and other features without language problem; 2- self-esteem and peer relationships concern; 3- difficulty of spoken language. With PET imaging, the brain structures were classified according to their uptake of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) in the right and left hemispheres before and after activation, and compared with normal subjects. Three types of brain structures statistically emerged: activated structures, those relatively unsolicited and those disabled. There was more variation in uptake of FDG in patients with DCD than in control subjects. In conclusion, the characterization of subjects with DCD for clinical diagnostic and imaging can provide adequate and focused treatment plan since DCD has a broad spectrum and could coexist with other brain deficits.

This diploma thesis focuses on two conditions that typically occure in childhood - poor posture and developmental coordination disorder. The theoretical part summarizes recent information on these diseases focusing on their etiology, prevalence, prognosis, methods of assessment, diagnosis and treatment. The main aim of the practical part was to evaluate the motor control of treated children with poor posture in comparison with children from the general population. The research group (13 children, mean age 9.85 years) and control group (16 children, mean age 9.94 years) were assessed using Movement Assessment Battery for Children 2. We found no significant difference between motor skills of treated children with poor posture and motor skills of children representing the general population. We also analysed whether treated children with poor posture reported less physical activity compared with the general population. By gathering data from questionnaires (completed by parents of tested children), no statistically significant difference was found. The difference was neither detected in test of posture and postural functions, where we investigated how poor posture of treated children can influence the results of the test. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:44:10Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 4234.pdf: 2829356 bytes, checksum: ca8f7a2166c16710523703f4d3e8294b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-02-29 / Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos / The influence of preterm birth in visual-motor skills, visual perception and fine and global motor coordination has been being increasingly investigated in the initial stages of schooling. Considering the literature data that shows the relationship between prematurity and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), and relations between the DCD and disorders of visual-motor integration, evaluation and research become essential in the search for possibilities of intervention in children considered at risk. By requiring motor and cognitive repertoires increasingly sophisticated, and of its importance as developmental context, the school becomes a locus for observing the behavior and performance of the child and also a context of prevention and early intervention. This study aimed to describe visual-motor coordination and global development of preterm infants at the beginning of the school and discuss the implications of performance in occupational role envisaged for this stage of its life cycle. It is a study of case-control and descriptive-correlational. The study group was composed by 18 children with a history of preterm birth that were included in the municipal school, attending preschool or first grade of elementary school, that did not have serious neurological damage. To its pairing, participants were selected - Compared Group - by sex, age, and often the same classroom. Parents / tutors provided information on child development and on the moments pre, peri and post-natal, and answered the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire-DCDQ-Brazil 2. The children were assessed using the Denver Development Screening Test II -DDST-II and the Test of Visual-Motor Integration- VMI. Descriptive analysis and statistical tests were conducted to assess the significance of the results. Such analysis revealed that the performance of preterm infants is lower when compared with the performance of full-term infants, although the difference was not significant for all items and instruments used. In DDST-II premature infants compared with children without a history of prematurity are more likely to delay in several areas of development; in DCDQ-Brazil 2 none of the children presented the classification "probably DCD", but it was possible to observe lower average score for SG; children's performance on the VMI test revealed that the premature children had lower scores in all areas. Statistical tests revealed significant differences between SG and CG for the variables Visual-Motor and Fine Motor of VMI, but significant difference between the performance of groups Adequate Weight and Low Birth Weight was observed in the variables Visual-Motor, Fine Motor and Visual Perception, all belonging to the VMI instrument, showing that weight is a more influential factor than prematurity for visual perception performance. There are significant differences in all parts of the VMI instrument when compared the groups Suspect Denver and Normal Denver and hypothesizes that the worst performance in screening tests for development can be a predictive factor for poorer performance on tests of visual-motor integration. In the groups established by variables belonging only to premature infants there was no significant difference among the groups, demonstrating that the premature child is susceptible to developmental delays independent of birth weight and gestational age. It is observed that premature infants had poorer performance on assessment instruments, and despite coping cases, prematurity represents risks to development. During the initial education, visual-motor skills and global motor coordination become more required and increasingly complex mainly due to the requirements and domains present in the process of writing and reading. Other skills are demanded at the beginning of schooling, which require the integrity of many sensorimotor systems. Difficulties in these areas can influence the performance of children in their occupational role as a student, and other occupational areas present in their life. Considering the school as a protective environment and the work of occupational therapist by collaborative consulting approach, in this context there is the potential to minimize the deficits presented by preterm children and promote their full development. / A influência do nascimento pré-termo nas habilidades viso motoras, viso perceptivas e de coordenação motora fina e global vem sendo cada vez mais investigadas nas fases de escolarização inicial. Considerando dados da literatura que revelam relações entre a prematuridade e o Transtorno do Desenvolvimento da Coordenação (TDC), e relações entre o TDC e transtornos de integração viso motora, a avaliação e investigação se tornam essenciais na busca de possibilidades de intervenção em crianças consideradas de risco. Através da exigência de repertórios motores e cognitivos cada vez mais sofisticados, e da importância como contexto desenvolvimental, a escola passa a ser um lócus de observação do comportamento e desempenho da criança e também um contexto de prevenção e intervenção precoce. Este estudo teve como objetivo descrever a coordenação viso motora e o desenvolvimento global de crianças pré-termo no início da escolarização e discutir as implicações do seu desempenho no papel ocupacional previsto para esta etapa do seu ciclo de vida. Trata-se de um estudo do tipo caso-controle e descritivo-correlacional. O Grupo de Estudo foi composto por 18 crianças com histórico de prematuridade ao nascimento que estavam inseridas na rede municipal de ensino, frequentando pré-escola ou 1º ano do ensino fundamental, e que não possuíssem sequelas neurológicas graves. Para seu pareamento foram selecionados participantes - Grupo Comparado - de acordo com sexo, idade e frequência a mesma sala de aula. Pais/responsáveis forneceram dados sobre o desenvolvimento da criança e sobre os momentos pré, peri e pós-natais, e responderam o Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire-DCDQ-Brasil 2. As crianças foram avaliadas por meio do Teste de Triagem de Desenvolvimento de Denver II-TTDD-II e pelo Teste de Integração Viso Motora- VMI. Foram realizadas análises descritivas e testes estatísticos para verificar a significância dos resultados. Tais análises revelaram que o desempenho das crianças pré-termo é inferior quando comparado com o desempenho de crianças a termo, apesar da diferença não se mostrar significativa em todos os itens e instrumentos empregados. No TTDD-II as crianças prematuras quando comparadas com crianças sem o referido histórico apresentam maior probabilidade de atraso em diversas áreas do desenvolvimento; no DCDQ-Brasil 2 nenhuma das crianças apresentou a classificação provavelmente TDC , porém foi possível observar média de pontuação inferior para o GE; o desempenho das crianças no teste VMI revelou que as crianças prematuras apresentaram pontuações inferiores em todas as áreas. Os testes estatísticos revelaram diferença significativa entre o GE e GC para as variáveis Viso Motor e Motor Fino do instrumento VMI, porém diferença significativa entre o desempenho dos grupos Baixo Peso e Peso Adequado foi observado nas variáveis Viso Motora, Viso Perceptiva e Motor Fino, todas pertencentes ao instrumento VMI, demonstrando que o peso é um fator mais influente que a prematuridade para o desempenho viso perceptivo. Há diferença significativa em todas as partes do instrumento VMI quando comparado os grupo Denver Suspeito e Denver Normal e observa-se que o pior desempenho em testes de triagem do desenvolvimento pode ser um fator preditivo para o pior desempenho nos testes de integração viso motora. Nos grupos estabelecidos através de variáveis pertencentes apenas às crianças prematuras não foi observada diferença significativa no desempenho dos sujeitos, demonstrando que a criança prematura é suscetível a atrasos no desenvolvimento independente da IG e peso ao nascimento. Observa-se que as crianças prematuras obtiveram pior desempenho nos instrumentos de avaliação e, apesar dos casos de enfrentamento, a prematuridade representa risco ao desenvolvimento. Habilidades mais complexas exigidas na fase escolar para a leitura e escrita, podem ser influenciadas pelas dificuldades viso motoras, viso perceptivas e motoras finas. Outras habilidades são exigidas no início da escolarização, as quais requerem a integridade de inúmeros sistemas sensório motores. Dificuldades nessas áreas podem influenciar o desempenho das crianças no seu papel ocupacional de estudante, além de outras áreas ocupacionais presentes em sua vida. Considerando a escola como um ambiente protetivo e a atuação do terapeuta ocupacional por meio da consultoria colaborativa, neste contexto há perspectiva de minimizar possíveis déficits apresentados por crianças prétermo e promover seu desenvolvimento integral.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T20:44:18Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 6818.pdf: 1252035 bytes, checksum: 52e42522856cc051b44d586e98122cfb (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-04-27 / The Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) happens because of delay of development of children motor skills, which bring forth difficulties to do their daily activities. Therefore, it is necessary assume a number of diagnostic criteria to identify this disorder, to this end, we have adopted in this work, the identification criteria proposed by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) in DSM-5. These criteria have started from empirical observation of researcher by instruments of patterns tests, targeted questionnaires to parents and direct observation of children. The main purpose of this thesis is identify the prevalence of Developmental Coordination Disorder In 7 Years Old Children Enrolled in Public Schools From Itirapina-Sp. Furthermore, the specific purposes of this thesis are: characterize the motor development of these children by application of instruments MABC-2 and DCDQ-Brasil; identify evidences of DCD in these children by application of instrument SNAP-IV and compare differences in motor development between genres. Sixty-three children enrolled in four public schools from Itirapina-Sp were assessed by application of the instrument MABC-2. The instrument DCDQ-Brasil was applied by interviews with parents or guardians. Likewise, the instrument SNAP-IV was applied by interviews with parents and guardians to identify children with ADHD. The prevalence of DCD in Itirapina was 7,93% of children, despite the fact of there was no statistic correlation between instruments. It is important highlight the necessity of instruments association in order to comply with criteria A and B, once there is no reports of a unique instrument able to comply with the proposition of DSM-5. Considering the criteria A and B, there was applied instruments MABC-2 and DCDQBrazil. Considering the criteria C and D, the researcher analyzed interviews with parents, guardians and schoolteachers to conclude about the necessity of a multidisciplinary research team to comply with this criteria in a properly. The group analyzed reveal a bigger rate of children with difficulty in handedness (61,1%). There was identified seven children with evidences of ADHD, however there was not possible to observe statistic correlation between instruments or ADHD comorbidity in DCD identified children. Moreover, there was no significant difference between genres. In conclusion, new multidisciplinary researches should be done in Brazil in order to comply with the four DCD identifying criteria proposed by DSM in them current version, once this research was the first identified study about this subject in Brazilian literacy until this date. / O Transtorno do Desenvolvimento da Coordenação (TDC) decorre do atraso no desenvolvimento das habilidades motoras da criança, o que gera uma série de dificuldades para que ela possa desempenhar suas atividades diárias. Diante disto, há a necessidade de adotar uma série de critérios para o diagnóstico do transtorno, para tanto, adotamos, neste trabalho, os critérios de identificação propostos pela Associação Americana de Psiquiatria (APA) no DSM-5. Esses critérios partiram da observação empírica da pesquisadora por meio de instrumentos de avaliação padronizados, de questionários direcionados aos pais e, também, da observação direta das crianças. O objetivo geral do trabalho foi identificar a prevalência do TDC em crianças de 7 anos matriculadas em escolas públicas do município de Itirapina (SP). Especificadamente, o trabalho pretende dar uma caracterização do desempenho motor dessas crianças por meio dos instrumentos MABC-2 e DCDQ-Brasil, além de identificar os indícios de TDAH nas crianças por meio do instrumento SNAP-IV e de comparar o desempenho motor entre os sexos. Foram avaliadas 63 (sessenta e três) crianças matriculadas em quatro escolas públicas, por meio do instrumento MABC-2, com a aplicação do DCDQ-Brasil por meio de entrevistas realizadas com os pais ou responsáveis. Ainda em entrevista com os pais, aplicamos o instrumento SNAP-IV, para que as crianças, com sinais de TDAH, fossem identificadas. A prevalência do TDC encontrada no Município de Itirapina foi de 7,93% das crianças, embora não tenha sido observada correlação estatística entre os instrumentos. Destaca-se a necessidade de associação de instrumentos para que os critérios A e B sejam cumpridos, uma vez que não há relatos na literatura de um único instrumento que cumpra o que é proposto pelo DSM-5. No presente estudo, visando atender aos critérios A e B do DSM-5, foram aplicados os instrumentos MABC-2 e DCDQ-Brasil. Os critérios C e D deram-se a partir da observação da pesquisadora e do relato dos pais e professores, apontando para a necessidade de uma equipe de pesquisa multidisciplinar que venha contemplá-los de forma mais adequada. Dentre as crianças avaliadas pelo MABC-2, foi possível observar maiores dificuldades com as atividades de Destreza Manual (61,1%). Foram identificadas 7 crianças com indicativos de TDAH, mas como não foi possível observar correlação estatística entre os instrumentos, não foi possível identificar comorbidade do TDAH nas crianças identificadas com TDC. Em relação aos sexos, não foram observadas diferenças significativas no desempenho motor. Conclui-se que novos estudos realizados por grupos multidisciplinares de pesquisa devam ser realizados no Brasil visando contemplar os quatro critérios de identificação do TDC propostos pelo DSM em sua versão mais recente, uma vez que o presente estudo foi o primeiro identificado na literatura nacional até o momento.

Title: Evaluation of motor skills level in children of the primary education of selected Prague elementary schools Objectives: The main aim of the study was to evaluate current level of motor skills of primary education children of selected Prague elementary schools using standardized assessment battery MABC-2. A partial goal of the study was to compare the level achieved in the MABC-2 test with the data acquired through the questionnaire survey regarding physical activities of participating responders. (n = 134). Methods: A total number of 134 responders (60 girls and 74 boys) aged from 7 to 12 years from two selected Prague elementary schools participated in the research. The level of motor skills of all participants was examined using a standardized assessment battery MABC- 2. The testing was carried out in the form of field research during physical education lessons at selected schools. A questionnaire designed specifically for the purpose of this study, subsequently completed by legal representatives of the responders, was used for the orientation examination of the physical behaviour of the participants. The data from the questionnaire survey was subsequently compared with the level achieved in the MABC-2 test. MS Excel 2010 was used to interpret the results and to process the data...

Title: Occurrence of coordination disorders in children with hearing impairment Objectives: The aim of this master thesis was to verify the hypothesis that children with hearing impairment have higher incidence of sensorimotor issues byassessing their motor skills, physical fitness and somatognostic functions. A partial goal was to assess the correlation between the methods used. Methods: The examination group consisted of 73 children (27 girls and 46 boys) with hearing impairment aged 7 to 16 years (mean age 11.9 ± 2.8 years). The mean weight of the children was 47.7 ± 17.4 kg, the mean height was 153 ± 17.5 cm and the average BMI value was 19.7 ± 4.1. Following methods for testing of children with hearing impairment were utilized: the Movemet Assessment Battery for Children - Second Edition (MABC-2) and Unifittest 6-60. Results were evaluated according to Czech standards. All children were also tested for their somatognostic functions according to Kolář. Furthermore, anamnestic data were obtained from parents of 54 children using a non-standardized questionnaire. In the case of 20 children, the assessment was repeated after 3 years. Statistica and Microsoft Excel 2016 were used for data processing. Results: The hypothesis was confirmed, i.e. children with hearing impairment have higher incidence...

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No. of bitstreams: 1 DissTFS.pdf: 2160160 bytes, checksum: 83d7d7ac92f0a270750a6b42154b95df (MD5) Previous issue date: 2016-02-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (CAPES) / Different instruments meet the criteria of the Manual Diagnostic and Statistical of Mental Disorders (DSM) for the diagnosis of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) have been used by researchers. Among them, the most recognized and employed questionnaire today for screening is the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ), a questionnaire for parents developed in Canada. This was translated and adapted to Brazilian culture, however its scoring system was not standardized for Brazilian children. Therefore, this study aimed to evaluate the sensitivity and specificity of the questionnaire to a group of children aged 8, 9 and 10 years using as gold standard the Movement Assessment Battery for Children Test (Mabc-2) engine test also identify the cutoff point for each specific age and correlate the scores of both tests between gender and between economic classes. It is a descriptive study transversal - exploratory, with a quantitative approach. The participants were 100 children enrolled in the municipal school system of Rio Claro -SP, where had their motor skills evaluated using the DCDQ-Brazil and Mabc-2, and their socioeconomic conditions verified by Criterion Brazil. The data collected were subjected to statistical analysis of association and the cutoff set by the Youden index and Roc curve (Receiver Operator Characteristic). The results reveal the DCDQ-Brazil does not have satisfactory validity to the Brazilian context analyzed in the sample at the ages of 8 and 10 years the ages of 8 and 10 years, with its higher cutoff points the cutoff points defined in this study, in a proportion ranging 4-7 points. Also found, contrary to what area of the studies show, girls and boys do not have significant difference when evaluated in DCDQ-Brazil and Mabc-2, and no association between the results of the instruments and the socioeconomic classification of participants was detected, suggesting socioeconomic status does not imply engine performance and incidence of DCD. It was possible to ascertain the use of Mabc-2 instruments and DCDQ-Brazil together enables check for data favor the evaluation of the specificity and sensitivity of DCDQ-Brazil for a group of children aged 8 and 10 years. For future research it is suggested further data on the age of 9 years to use the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire form adapted to Brazilian children between 8 to 10 years promoting the early identification process of the DCD. / Diferentes instrumentos que atendam aos critérios do Manual Diagnóstico e estatístico de Transtornos Mentais (DSM) para o diagnóstico do Transtorno do Desenvolvimento da Coordenação (TDC) vêm sido utilizados por pesquisadores da área. Dentre eles, o questionário mais reconhecido e empregado na atualidade para a triagem é o Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ), um questionário para pais desenvolvido no Canadá. Este foi traduzido e adaptado para a cultura brasileira, no entanto seu sistema de pontuação não foi padronizado para as crianças brasileiras. Diante disso, esta pesquisa teve como objetivo principal avaliar a sensibilidade e a especificidade do questionário para um grupo de crianças de 8, 9 e 10 anos utilizando como padrão ouro o teste motor Movement Assessment Battery for Children Test (Mabc-2), também identificar o ponto de corte para cada idade específica e correlacionar as pontuações de ambos os testes entre gênero e entre as classes econômicas. Trata-se de um estudo de caráter transversal descritivo - exploratório, com abordagem quantitativa. Participaram da pesquisa 100 escolares matriculados na rede de ensino municipal de Rio Claro-SP, os quais tiveram suas habilidades motoras avaliadas por meio do DCDQ-Brasil e Mabc-2, e suas condições socioeconômicas verificadas pelo Critério Brasil. Os dados coletados foram submetidos à análise estatística de associação e os pontos de corte definidos através do índice de Youden e curva Roc (Receiver Operator Characteristic). Os resultados revelam que o DCDQ-Brasil não possui validade satisfatória para o contexto brasileiro analisado na amostra nas idades de 8 e 10 anos, sendo seus pontos de corte mais altos que os pontos de corte definidos nessa pesquisa, numa proporção que varia de 4 a 7 pontos. Também verificou-se que, diferentemente do que estudos da área apontam, meninas e meninos não apresentaram diferença significativa quando avaliados no DCDQ-Brasil e Mabc- 2, e nenhuma associação entre os resultados dos instrumentos e a classificação socioeconômica dos participantes foi detectada, o que sugere que a condição socioeconômica não implica no desempenho motor e incidência do TDC. Foi possível averiguar que o uso dos instrumentos Mabc-2 e DCDQ-Brasil em conjunto possibilita verificar a presença de dados que favorecem a avaliação da especificidade e sensibilidade do DCDQ-Brasil para um grupo de crianças de 8 e 10 anos. Para futuras investigações sugere-se aprofundar os dados relativos à idade de 9 anos a fim de utilizar o Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire de forma adaptada às crianças brasileiras na faixa de 8 a 10 anos favorecendo o processo de identificação precoce do TDC.