Journal article

Publication year: 1995

Pages: 133-148

Journal: Journal of Human Movement Studies

Volume number: 29

Issue number: 3

Publisher: Teviot Scientific

Abstract: 

Examined children with diagnosed persistent grammatical specific
language impairment (SLI), a motor-independent deficit, for coexisting
neurological and motor deficits. 11 children met criteria for this test
including: grammatical impairment without severe phonological and
semantic-pragmatic deficits, no social or emotional problems, no hearing
loss, no obvious neurological deficits, with monolingual German
parents. Results of the Block Design and a German version of the British
Picture Vocabulary Scale (BPVS) were normal. The Grammatical Closure
subtest of the Psycholinguistischer Entwicklungstest (PET) revealed
severe grammar deficits. The gross motor abilities of the children were
evaluated using the Körperkoordinationstest für Kinder (KTK). Fine motor
abilities were evaluated using five kinds of voluntary movements on a
standardized computer-based motor performance series of H. J. Schoppe
(MLS Gerät) in a fixed order. Although the impairment of the children
was initially considered a pure language deficit, the results indicate
the existence of additional motor problems which increase with task
complexity. This finding implies that an underlying cause of SLI might
be a deficit in programing coordinated sequences.

Harvard Citation style: Preis, S., Bartke, S., Willers, R. and Müller, K. (1995) Motor skills in children with persistent specific grammatical language impairment, Journal of Human Movement Studies, 29(3), pp. 133-148

APA Citation style: Preis, S., Bartke, S., Willers, R., & Müller, K. (1995). Motor skills in children with persistent specific grammatical language impairment. Journal of Human Movement Studies. 29(3), 133-148.