Motor performance and handedness in children with developmental language disorder

Developmental language disorder (DLD) is diagnosed when there is a failure of normal language development in a child with normal nonverbal intelligence. The discussion about additional or causal deficits is controversial. In this study a computer-based motor performance series with a tapping, aiming...

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Published inNeuropediatrics Vol. 28; no. 6; p. 324
Main Authors Preis, S, Schittler, P, Lenard, H G
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Germany 01.12.1997
Subjects
Age Factors
Child
Child Language
Child, Preschool
Female
Functional Laterality - physiology
Humans
Language Development Disorders - diagnosis
Male
Motor Skills - physiology
Neuropsychological Tests
Time Factors
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Summary:Developmental language disorder (DLD) is diagnosed when there is a failure of normal language development in a child with normal nonverbal intelligence. The discussion about additional or causal deficits is controversial. In this study a computer-based motor performance series with a tapping, aiming and pegboard movement task and an additional paper-pencil handedness test were applied to a group of children with DLD of the phonologic-syntactic subtype and with normal nonverbal intelligence to describe the additional motor problems. Furthermore we examined whether our DLD children showed a different handedness. Tapping and pegboard with both hands were significantly impaired in our DLD children. Overall our DLD children did not show a different handedness than the control group.
ISSN:0174-304X
DOI:10.1055/s-2007-973724