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Movement Scaling, Handwriting and ADHD

Movement scaling, handwriting and ADHDJournal of Attention Disorders published research on 14 boys with ADHD and 14 typically developing boys ages 7-15 years old.  Each child was assessed while writing a 10 mm and 40 mm cursive letter ‘l’.  The results indicated the following:

  1. the boys with ADHD were unable to maintain their writing accurately at 40 mm, falling short by several millimeters whereas this was not seen in the boys without ADHD.
  2. the boys with ADHD also had slightly faster and more fluent writing than the typically developing boys.

The researchers concluded that boys with ADHD had difficulties scaling handwriting movement in the larger 40-mm condition.  This may be a result as poor planning and modulation of movement, even though the boys with ADHD had faster and more fluent movements while writing.

Reference:  Rebecca A. Langmaid, Nicole Papadopoulos, Beth P. Johnson, James Phillips, and Nicole J. Rinehart. Movement Scaling in Children With ADHD-Combined Type
Journal of Attention Disorders February 2016 20: 131-137, first published on July 30, 2013 doi:10.1177/1087054713493317

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