2009 Volume 7 Issue 1 Pages 69-77
The present study investigated whether a group of 50 Japanese young children identified as having developmental coordination disorder (DCD) could be classified into subtypes based on their performances on the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC). MABC consists of 8 items with the child's performance; fine motor items ("Posting Coins", "Threading Beads", "Bicycle Trail (pencil control)", and "Catching Bean Bag") and gross motor items ("Rolling Ball into Goal", "One-leg Balance (open eyes)", "Jumping over Cord", and "Walking Heels Raised"). The multiple discriminant analysis identified three subtypes of Japanese young children with DCD: one was gross motor difficulties dominance, a second subtype was fine motor difficulties dominance, and a third displayed only severe fine motor problems. Although gender difference was no significant, proportion of boy was relatively large on a first subtype, and, on contrary, it has a lot of girls on both a second and a third subtype.
