Abstract

Introduction

Handwriting disorder is commonly observed in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) (87-88%) and is often noted in children with high Intellectual Quotient (HIQ).Two mainly pure DCD subtypes: ideomotor-DCD (IM), visuospatial/or visuoconstructional-DCD (VSC) and a mixed subtype (MX) were identified in the literature but nothing is known regarding IQ and dysgraphia.

Objectives

To refine the specific clinical features of dysgraphia related to DCD subtypes regarding IQ levels.

Methods

Neurovisual, neuropsychological, neuropsychomotor functions, and handwriting performances of 38 children (6-to-12 years-old: mean 9y, SD 2.7) diagnosed with DCD (DSM-5 criteria) were collected. Two matched groups were analyzed according to their IQ: 19 (TC) typical children (IQ=90-110) and 19 HIQ children (IQ> 120).

Results

IQ scores were not significantly associated with dysgraphia. There isa significant difference between TC vs HIQ with a lower rate of IM-DCD respectively 11% vs 5% (p=.035) and 68% vs 37% for VSC-DCD (p=.03) but 21% vs 58% in MX-DCD (p=.41). Dysgraphia was significantly more present in TC group with MX-DCD and in HIQ with VSC-DCD. A negative correlation between Kho’s’ cubes test failure (p=.006), visual-spatial memory (p=.05) and VSC-DCD was noted in HIQ group. The deficit of visual spatial memory was significantly related to dysgraphia in HIQ children (p=.01) associated to visual gnosis impairment (p=.03).

Conclusions

Dysgraphia was significantly found with VSC-DCD subgroup in FIQ>120 with specific features of visual perception disorders suggesting more involvement of the right cortex. These results suggest that VSC-DCD in HIQ could be a neurovisual impairment rather than a pure VSC-DCD.

Details

Title
Investigation of clinical features of dysgraphia related to the subtypes of developmental coordination disorder in children regarding high IQ
Author
Hamdioui, S 1 ; Vaivre-Douret, L 2 

 Université De Paris, Faculty of Society and Humanity, Division of Psychology, Paris, France; University Of Paris-saclay, Uvsq, National Institute of health and Medical Research (INSERM UMR 1018-CESP), Faculty of Medicine, Villejuif, France 
 University Of Paris-saclay, Uvsq, National Institute of health and Medical Research (INSERM UMR 1018-CESP), Faculty of Medicine, Villejuif, France; Department Of Endocrinology, Imagine Institute, Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital, Paris, France; Université De Paris, Faculty of Health, Division of Medicine Paris Descartes, Paris, France; (institut Universitaire De France, Iuf), University Institute of France, Paris, France; Necker-enfants Malades, University Hospital, Department of Child Psychiatry, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP. Centre), Paris, France 
Pages
S217-S218
Publication year
2021
Publication date
Apr 2021
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISSN
09249338
e-ISSN
17783585
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2560873048
Copyright
© The Author(s), 2021. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the European Psychiatric Association. This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.