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Investigation of clinical features of dysgraphia related to the subtypes of developmental coordination disorder in children regarding high IQ

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  13 August 2021

S. Hamdioui  and
L. Vaivre-Douret
S. Hamdioui*
Affiliation:
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
L. Vaivre-Douret
Affiliation:
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
*
*Corresponding author.

Abstract

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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.

Keywords

DysgraphiaNeurovisual impairmentsDevelopmental coordination disorder subtypesIntellectual quotient
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European Psychiatry , Volume 64 , Special Issue S1: Abstracts of the 29th European Congress of Psychiatry , April 2021 , pp. S217 - S218
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