Papadopoulos Nicole, Rinehart Nicole J, Bradshaw John L, Taffe John, McGinley Jennifer
Monash University, Notting Hill, Victoria, Australia
Monash University, Notting Hill, Victoria, Australia.
J Atten Disord. 2015 Jan;19(1):72-7. doi: 10.1177/1087054712454569. Epub 2012 Jul 30.
This study investigated the relationship between motor performance and social-communicative impairment in children with ADHD-combined type (ADHD-CT).
An upper limb Fitts' aiming task was used as a measure of motor performance and the Social Responsiveness Scale as a measure of social-communicative/autistic impairment in the following groups: ADHD-CT (n = 11) and typically developing (TD) controls (n = 10).
Children with ADHD-CT displayed greater variability in their movements, reflected in increased error variance over repeated aiming trials compared with TD controls. Motor performance variability was associated with social-communicative deficits in the ADHD-CT but not in the TD group.
Social-communicative impairments further complicate the clinical picture of ADHD-CT; therefore, further research in this area is warranted to ascertain whether a particular pattern of motor disturbance in children with ADHD-CT may be clinically useful in identifying and assessing children with a more complex ADHD presentation.
本研究调查了注意缺陷多动障碍合并型（ADHD-CT）儿童的运动表现与社会交往障碍之间的关系。
上肢菲茨瞄准任务被用作运动表现的测量指标，社会反应量表被用作以下几组社会交往/自闭症障碍的测量指标：ADHD-CT组（n = 11）和正常发育（TD）对照组（n = 10）。
与TD对照组相比，ADHD-CT儿童在重复瞄准试验中的动作变异性更大，表现为误差方差增加。运动表现变异性与ADHD-CT组的社会交往缺陷相关，但与TD组无关。
社会交往障碍使ADHD-CT的临床情况更加复杂；因此，有必要在该领域进行进一步研究，以确定ADHD-CT儿童特定的运动障碍模式是否在临床上有助于识别和评估具有更复杂ADHD表现的儿童。
