Citation

Van Damme T, Fransen E, Simons J, van West D, Sabbe BGC. Hum. Mov. Sci. 2015; 44: 317-326.

Affiliation

Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Collaborative Antwerp Psychiatric Research Institute, Antwerp University, Universiteitsplein 1, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. Electronic address: Bernard.Sabbe@uantwerpen.be.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2015, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

10.1016/j.humov.2015.10.006

PMID

26540453

Abstract

The aim of this study was to explore motor impairment in male adolescents suffering from psychiatric conditions. Taking into account the heterogeneity of a clinical population, motor profiles of distinctive diagnostic groups were evaluated. Whether or not motor ability discriminates between several diagnostic categories was investigated. The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency, Second Edition (BOT-2) was administered to examine a detailed motor profile. The motor abilities of a clinical population (n=144) were compared to those of typically developing peers (n=87), using independent t-tests. To account for differences in intellectual functioning, a one-way ANCOVA was performed. To investigate the extent to which a specific diagnosis contributes to variation in motor scores a stepwise linear regression approach was applied.

RESULTS indicated that the clinical group performed significantly worse in comparison to the control group on all BOT-2 scales, even after controlling for IQ. The constructed models indicated that diagnostic categories accounted for a significant amount of the variance in motor ability scores. The results imply that motor ability of adolescents with a psychiatric disorder is in need of attention, regardless of the diagnosis and support the notion that objective motor assessment should be part of routine clinical practice.

Language: en