Systematic Review of Visual Motor Integration in Children with Developmental Disabilities

Table 6

Summary of other diagnoses and visual motor integration performance studies.

Authors	Descriptions	Subjects	Findings
Duijff et al. [66]	Investigated intelligence and VMI in children with 2q11-deletion syndrome the ages of five years zero months to five years 11 months old through administration of the Beery VMI	65 children between the ages of the ages of five years zero months and five years 11 months old with 22q11-deletion syndrome	A significant correlation was found between IQ scores and Beery VMI scores; however, no correlation between motor coordination and IQ was found
Geldof et al. [67]	Investigated VMI in children of very preterm and very low birth weight through administration of the Beery VMI	106 children at five years six months old who were born before 32 weeks gestational age and weighed less than 1500 grams	Approximately 1/3 of the children demonstrated impaired motor functioning and a range of deficits in attention and VMI skills
Jarus et al. [68]	Investigated participation patterns of children with and without DCD	25 children with DCD between the ages of the ages of five to seven years old and 25 children without DCD between the ages of the ages of five years and seven years old	Preference to participate in activities was positively correlated with motor ability as captured by the VMI score
Odejayi et al. [69]	Investigated VMI delays in children infected with HIV	71 children between the ages of five years zero months and five years 11 months old who were HIV positive through vertical transmission	A moderate relationship was found between VMI scores, school attendance, and mother’s level of education
Valente et al. [70]	Investigated the motor profiles of children with primary stereotypic movement disorder and compare to children of typical development	26 children between 35 months and 76 months old with primary stereotypic movement disorder were compared to 27 children of typical development between 36 and 59 months old	No difference was found between children with primary stereotypic movement disorder and children of typical development in VMI total score

Note. The abbreviations “VMI,” “Beery VMI,” and “DCD” represent “visual motor integration,” “Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration,” and “developmental coordination disorder,” respectively.