Brief report: Children with ADHD without Co-morbid autism do not have impaired motor proficiency on the movement assessment battery for children

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 43, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1477-1482

  Papadopoulos, Nicole ^a   Rinehart, Nicole ^a   Bradshaw, John L ^a   McGinley, Jennifer L ^b,c  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c Clinical Research Centre for Movement Disorders and Gait   (Australia)

Author keywords

ADHD; Autism; Co morbidity; Motor performance

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER; AUTISM; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONNER PARENT RATING SCALE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HYPERACTIVITY; IMPULSIVENESS; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MOVEMENT ASSESSMENT BATTERY FOR CHILDREN; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; FEMALE; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PHYSIOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL RATING SCALE;

ADOLESCENT; ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER WITH HYPERACTIVITY; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOVEMENT DISORDERS; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES;

EID: 84878731773     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-012-1687-5     Document Type: Article

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