Hyperkinesis, educational placement, drug utilization, socioeconomic status and age were used to predict performance on The Purdue Perceptual-motor Survey subtests that measured balance, spatial organization, neurological organization, and visual motor accuracy. The variables were poor to moderate predictors of perceptual-motor performance of 9 hyperkinetic children.
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