Desempenho motor de crianças com baixa visão dos sete aos dez anos de idade

Abstract

In order to identify motor performance in children with low vision from seven to ten years old, two studies were designed, the first one was to identify and describe the studies that used Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) in children from seven to ten years old: an integrative review. For this, the guiding question of the study was: What is the motor performance of children in the age group from seven to ten years old according to MABC-2? From a search in the main databases BVS, Scielo, Pubmed, Science Direct, Web of Science, Scopus in the period 2007-2018, with the following keywords: MABC-2, psychomotor performance, motor dexterity and balance postural. Twenty-three articles were selected containing children from seven to ten years old. In order to analyze the methodological quality of the studies, the adapted Loney scale was used, once the studies were transversal. The highest prevalence of the target public was in children diagnosed with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Based on the scoring standards of the MABC-2 scale, there was a higher prevalence of children classified with risk of movement difficulty. The second study aimed to identify motor performance in children with low vision from seven to ten years old and to describe the performance in tasks of manual dexterity, pointing and receiving, and balance according to MABC-2. Thirty-seven children with low vision and forty children with typical development were included in the study. Children with low vision were recruited from specialized institutions and schools from cities in the interior of Minas Gerais and São Paulo that have a pedagogic support center for children with visual impairment, whereas children with typical development were recruited at a state school in the municipality of Uberaba / MG. After the consent of those responsible, the children were evaluated only once by the MABC-2 scale. Of the children with low vision, 45.9% were classified with movement difficulty. In relation to each task proposed by the MABC-2 scale, children with low vision did not present difficulty in movement in the task of manual dexterity and balance. However, they presented a risk of movement difficulty in the task of pointing and receiving and in the standard score total. Conclusions: MABC-2 was widely used in studies with children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), identifying the risks of movement difficulty. In the study of children with low vision was identified risk of movement difficulty for the total standard score and in the Pointing and Receiving tasks.