Assessment of Balance in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder in Indian Context Sankar U. Ganapathy1, Monisha R.2 1Dean, Srm College of Occupational Therapy, Srm Institute of Science and Technology, India 2Assistant Professor, Srm College of Physiotherapy, Chennai, India Online published on 19 August, 2019. Abstract Background Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) have inability in performing physical activity as like the peer group children of same age and they have deficit in motor control and encounter imbalance when exposed to gait initiation in an unfamiliar environment. It has been shown that imbalance leads to inhibition of gait adaptations which is evident by shorter steps, greater trunk inclination, decreased ankle plantar and dorsiflexion Methodology The children who participated in this study were selected from various elementary schools in and around Chennai. There were 100 children in the age group of 8–10 years old. After getting informed consent signed, all children were evaluated using Body Coordination Test for children-BCTC. Initially at the baseline all the 100 children were evaluated with MABC Discussion The present study examined the movement difficulties in children with DCD and to examine the balance ability between children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and NON-DCD Group. The Body Coordination Test for Children was used in this study since the test examines the assessment of children's coordinative performance. Result The results showed that children participating in this study exhibited difficulty in balance along with the motor coordination difficulty indicating the existence of DCD disorder Conclusion Children with DCD physically, psychologically and socially avoid participating in physical activities in order to avoid injuries due to their difficulty in balance. Thus, early identification and treatment of balance control difficulties are in increasing need. Top Keywords DCD, MABC, BCTC, BALANCE, INCOORDINATION. Top |