Association between motor skills and different types of learning disabilities / Shimaa abdelrahim abdelaty ; Supervised Gehan Hassan Elmeniawy , Zeinab Ahmed Hussein , Emad Abdulmaksoud Mahgoub

Thesis (Ph.D.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Physical Therapy - Department of Growth and Development Disorders in Pediatrics

Objectives: To determine the level of motor skills and its association with different types of specific learning disability in children. Methods: The cross-sectional study conducted on 100 children 50 with specific learning disabilities (29 dyscalculia, 11 dyslexia and 10 mixed) and 50 typical, their ages ranged from 9.8 years and 12.9 years (53 boys and 47 girls). The motor performance was evaluated by Bruininks- Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, second edition. Its total composite composed of four composites; fine manual control, manual coordination, body coordination, and strength and agility. Results: There were significant differences in scores of Bruininks- Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, second edition between children with a specific learning disability and typical ones (p{u02C2} 0.05). The associated subtests with different types of specific learning disabilities were fine motor integration, upper limb coordination, and bilateral coordination. Conclusion: It was concluded that the children with specific learning disability had defects in the total motor proficiency (gross and fine motor composites). The most affected subtests that associated with those children were fine motor integration, upper limb coordination and bilateral coordination. So it is important to evaluate the motor performance in the children with specific learning disability

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