Comparison of fundamental motor skills in children with ADHD and typically developing peers using the TGMD-2

Lidiane A. Fernandes; Patrick P. C. R. Silva; Débora M. de Miranda; Rodolfo N. Benda; Thábata V. B. Gomes; Guilherme M. Lage

doi:10.20338/bjmb.v19i1.512

Comparison of fundamental motor skills in children with ADHD and typically developing peers using the TGMD-2

Authors

Lidiane A. Fernandes Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto (UFOP) – Escola de Educação Física, Minas Gerais, Brazil - [email protected] https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8909-1612
Patrick P. C. R. Silva Centro Universitário do Sul de Minas (UNIS/MG) – Departamento de Educação Física, Minas Gerais, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8588-1489
Débora M. de Miranda Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Departamento de Medicina, Minas Gerais, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7081-8401
Rodolfo N. Benda Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) – Departamento de Educação Física, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9785-8323
Thábata V. B. Gomes Universidade Federal de Pelotas (UFPel) – Departamento de Educação Física, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4869-8412
Guilherme M. Lage Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) – Departamento de Educação Física, Minas Gerais, Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8296-3676

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.20338/bjmb.v19i1.512

Keywords:

Motor development, Quotient motor, TGMD-2, ADHD, Children

Abstract

Fundamental motor skills are developed in infancy and they are considered important to the future engagement in sports and daily physical activity in general. Generally, children with developmental disorders present low motor performance level. The present study has as aim to evaluate fundamental motor skills of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Forty-four children of both sex aged between 6 and 10 years-old (6 girls and 38 boys with average age of 8.45 ± 1.18 years). The experiment consisted of two groups (n = 22): children diagnosed with ADHD and children of typical development (TDG). Motor performance was evaluated by the Test of Gross Motor Development - 2 (TGMD-2). Results showed better performance of TDG than ADHD. In a qualitative analysis, all children from ADHD presented low performance as well as 40% of children from TDG. Discussion reinforces the importance of fundamental motor skills for children with developmental disorders especially to ADHD children and we raise a question if motor performance would be related to the sub-type of the disorder.

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2025-12-31

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Fernandes, L. A., Silva, P. P. C. R., de Miranda, D. M., Benda, R. N., Gomes, T. V. B., & Lage, G. M. (2025). Comparison of fundamental motor skills in children with ADHD and typically developing peers using the TGMD-2. Brazilian Journal of Motor Behavior, 19(1), e512. https://doi.org/10.20338/bjmb.v19i1.512

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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2025)

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Special issue on Factors that affect the motor learning process

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