A Review of Characteristics and Assessment about Adults with Developmental Coordination Disorder

This study aimed to introduce the characteristics of adults with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and to provide basic information on assessment tools for screening adults with DCD. Firstly, we analyzed 25 domestic articles published from 2000 to 2022 selected based on predefined analysis criteria. It was confirmed that there was currently no domestic peer-reviewed journal article on adults with DCD in Korea, and one ongoing research on adults with DCD was funded by the National Research Foundation of Korea. In addition, the assessment tools of DCD were primarily used on children for screening and evaluation purposes. Secondly, we adopted the Adult Developmental Coordination Disorder/Dyspraxia Checklist (ADC), the most widely used tool in other countries for diagnosing adults with DCD, and converted it into Korean. While examining the studies on adults with DCD, we confirmed that the ADC questionnaire was usually used in conjunction with Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) or Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-2 (BOT-2) to identify adults with DCD despite the age restrictions. The evaluation tools for screening adults with DCD included the ADC, a self-report questionnaire, and the MABC-2 and BOT-2, the two popular motor development assessment tools. We expect that the results of this study will be used as basic data to lay the groundwork for research and intervention for adults with DCD in Korea.