Journal article
Motor proficiency of 6‐ to 9‐year‐old children with speech and language problems
Abstract
AIM: This study compared the gross motor skills of school-age children (mean age 7 y 8 mo, range 6-9 y) with developmental speech and language disorders (DSLDs; n=105; 76 males, 29 females) and typically developing children (n=105; 76 males, 29 females). The relationship between the performance parameters and the children's age was investigated as well as the role of the type of DSLD.
METHOD: The children with DSLDs were classified by their …
Authors
VISSCHER C; HOUWEN S; MOOLENAAR B; LYONS J; SCHERDER EJA; HARTMAN E
Journal
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology, Vol. 52, No. 11, pp. e254–e258
Publisher
Wiley
Publication Date
November 2010
DOI
10.1111/j.1469-8749.2010.03774.x
ISSN
0012-1622