A Study on the Body Coordination Ability of Clumsy Children in elementary school

There is no doubt that immature or impaired body coordination may be a disadvantage to school children. A variety of motor ability have been developed for the assessment of individual children who may be clumsy. We were interesting the Kobayashi-Kiphard BCT (1989) asess the body coordination ability in elementary school children. The BCT are used as test which sift development disorder regarding motor coordination function. For this screening Total-MQ (Motor Quotient) scale are prepared (Kobayashi, 1987). Modified the BCT were administered to 748 elementary school children. 3.2% of the subjects tested showed "the suspicion of severly clumsiness" (below MQ70), 17% showed "the need of special treatment" (below MQ 85). These results were approximately same rates to compare with already reported results (Kobayashi et al, 1989). Further 537 children who had performed the BCT were retested a years later. The children reaches a ceiling in rate of improvement on the age of seven to eight years. And moderately clumsy children (MQ 71 to 85) showed profoundly improvement on the previous MQ score, but severly clumsy children (below MQ 70) were seen little improvement. Results suggest that the children suffering from severly clumsiness are in need of special movement activities, and an early diagnosis is essential if they are to be given the extra help and understanding they need