Farideh Shafati; Ahmadreza Movahedi; Hamid Salehi
Abstract
Fundamental motor skills are key components of motor development and are divided into two main sub groups including fine and gross motor skills. The main purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of balance training with Swiss ball (BTWSB) on gross motor skill of Children with Attention ...
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Fundamental motor skills are key components of motor development and are divided into two main sub groups including fine and gross motor skills. The main purpose of the present study was to determine the effect of balance training with Swiss ball (BTWSB) on gross motor skill of Children with Attention Deficit – Hyperactivity Disorder. Participants of the present study were three 6 to 8 years old children with Combined type of Attention Deficit – Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD-C). This study was a single-subject study with multiple baseline design. Participants were required to exercise BTWSB for 9 weeks. Change in the gross motor skill of participants was assessed at one-week intervals using multiple baseline method. We administered Conners Parent Rating Scale (2003) and Broininks – Oseretsky Test Of Motor Proficiency (1978) to assess each outcome variable. The results of the data chart analysis based on descriptive statistics and visual analysis showed that BTWSB improved gross motor skill of all three participants (PND = 100% for all three participants). The results of this study indicate a positive effect of BTWSB on improving gross motor skill of Children with Attention Deficit – Hyperactivity Disorder.
Saeed Kosari; Fatemeh Keyhani; Rasoul Hemayat talab; Elahe Arabameri
Abstract
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a selected physical activity
program on the development of motor skills in children with attention deficit /
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and high functioning autism (HFA). In this semiexperimental
research, 20 children (8.8+0.7 years old) with ...
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The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of a selected physical activity
program on the development of motor skills in children with attention deficit /
hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and high functioning autism (HFA). In this semiexperimental
research, 20 children (8.8+0.7 years old) with HFA and 10 children
(7.9+1.4 years old) with ADHD based on pretest scores were randomly selected.
Bruininks – Oseretsky test of motor proficiency (BOTMP) for children with ADHD
and test of gross motor developmental – 2 for children with HFA were used.
Selected motor program (SPARK motor program) which included motor
strengthening activities, games and sports for children was performed 18 sessions
for ADHD children and 12 sessions for HFA children. K-S test to determine the
normality of data distribution and statistical t tests, Levene test and covariate
analysis were used to compare the means. The results showed the selected program
made significant changes in most variables in ADHD and HFA children in
experiment group but not in control group. According to the results of this
research, it is suggested that the selected physical activity program (SPARK) can
improve motor skills in children with ADHD and HFA.
