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SANTOS, Viviane Aparecida Pereira dos et al. Developmental coordination disorder: an analysis of nutritional status and socioeconomic level. Motri. [online]. 2015, vol.11, n.1, pp.78-86. ISSN 1646-107X.  https://doi.org/10.6063/motricidade.3195.

The aims of study was to analyze the nutritional status and socioeconomic level from students with probable developmental coordination disorder (DCD), Risk of DCD and Typical Developmental (TD). Participated 581 children from 7 to 10 years old from public schools to the city in the northwest of Paraná. To assess the motor performance were used the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC); anthropometrics measures of weight and height to analyze the nutritional status and the ABEP Questionnaire to assess the socioeconomic level. To statistical analyses were used the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test, Chi-Square test and descriptive statistical (p < .05). The results showed that 78.1% of students with TD, 10.5% showed risk of DCD and 11.4% showed probable DCD. There were association for the probable DCD and socioeconomic level C (p = .01). There weren’t associations between nutritional status and motor performance, even to the nutritional status with socioeconomic level. It was concluded that occurred high prevalence of probable DCD and risk of DCD and there was no association between probable DCD and nutrition status to these population, however it was found a greater proportion this students in the low social group.

Palabras clave : motor skills disorders; nutritional status; socioeconomic level.

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