Assisted Cycling Exercise Improves Fine Manual Dexterity in Persons with Down's syndrome

Chen, C.-C.; Ringenbach, Shannon; Albert, Anthony H.

doi:10.1111/jar.12061

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“…The inappropriate reactions to sensory stimuli have the potential to increase negative responses among children with SHCN, making it more difficult for SHCN children to tolerate the routine dental treatment (Cermak et al., ; Stein et al., ). Children with SHCN may also have compromised manual dexterity to perform fine motor skills, such as toothbrushing (Chen, Ringenbach, & Albert, ). Moreover, the condition of SHCN can be associated with the development of parafunctional habits, for instance, improper swallowing, or drooling habit, making oral hygiene maintenance more difficult for children with SHCN (Dougherty, ; Du, Yiu, Wong, & McGrath, ).…”

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Oral health and associated factors among preschool children with special healthcare needs

2019

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Objective To investigate the oral health status and associated factors among preschool children with special healthcare needs. Subjects and methods This was designed as a cross‐sectional study. Dental examination was provided to 383 children at Special Child Care Centres. Covariates of interest included children's age, developmental profile, oral health‐related behaviours and family social‐economic status. The association between children's dental caries experiences, dental plaque deposition and gingival health status were analysed by negative binomial regression, multiple factor ANOVA and binary logistic regression when appropriate. Results The proportion of children with caries, gingival inflammation and plaque were 30.3%, 89.6% and 95.0%, respectively. Final regression models indicated that (a) tooth decay was associated with dental visit experiences, night bottle‐feeding habit, fluoridated toothpaste and monthly income; (b) plaque deposition was associated with intellectual functioning, practical skills, night bottle‐feeding habit, use of toothpaste, initiation of toothbrushing habit, toothbrushing duration and additional cleaning habit; (c) gingival status was associated with children's intellectual functioning and toothbrushing frequency. Conclusions Poor oral hygiene status existed among preschool children with special healthcare needs. Children's oral health status was associated with their developmental profile, oral health‐related behaviours and social‐economic status.

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Oral health and associated factors among preschool children with special healthcare needs

2019

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“…The latter pegboard has been included in the test battery Toolbox Assessment of Neurological and Behavioral Function , recommended for its high reliability, easy application, and low cost by the National Institutes of Health [7]. These various pegboards have been tested with children [8,9] and adults [10], and can be used to evaluate manual dexterity of persons with Parkinson disease [11], Down syndrome [12], Asperger syndrome or autism [13,14], or primary school children with writing difficulties [15].…”

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Intraindividual Variability Measurement of Fine Manual Motor Skills in Children Using an Electronic Pegboard: Cohort Study

Rivera¹,

García²,

Ortega³

et al. 2019

JMIR Mhealth Uhealth

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Background Pegboard tests are a powerful technique used by health and education professionals to evaluate manual dexterity and fine motor speed, both in children and adults. Using traditional pegboards in tests, the total time that, for example, a 4-year-old child needs for inserting pegs in a pegboard, with the left or right hand, can be measured. However, these measurements only allow for studying the variability among individuals, whereas no data can be obtained on the intraindividual variability in inserting and removing these pegs with one and the other hand. Objective The aim of this research was to study the intraindividual variabilities in fine manual motor skills of 2- to 3-year-old children during playing activities, using a custom designed electronic pegboard. Methods We have carried out a pilot study with 39 children, aged between 25 and 41 months. The children were observed while performing a task involving removing 10 pegs from 10 holes on one side and inserting them in 10 holes on the other side of a custom-designed sensor-based electronic pegboard, which has been built to be able to measure the times between peg insertions and removals. Results A sensor-based electronic pegboard was successfully developed, enabling the collection of single movement time data. In the piloting, a lower intraindividual variability was found in children with lower placement and removal times, confirming Adolph et al’s hypothesis. Conclusions The developed pegboard allows for studying intraindividual variability using automated wirelessly transmitted data provided by its sensors. This novel technique has been useful in studying and validating the hypothesis that children with lower movement times present lower intraindividual variability. New research is necessary to confirm these findings. Research with larger sample sizes and age ranges that include additional testing of children’s motor development level is currently in preparation.

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“…The link between ID and impaired motor skills has been largely investigated in children and adolescents with Down Syndrome (DS) [ 7 , 8 , 9 ]. However, very few studies have detected both gross and fine motor competence in adults with DS [ 10 , 11 , 12 ].…”

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“…In both children and adults with DS, impaired movement fluency and axial control, hypotonia, and disorders in coordination and body balance, that negatively affect gross motor skills, can be attributed to the decreased size of the corpus callosum and cerebellum, reduced superior temporal gyrus and reduced volume of the brainstem [ 7 , 10 , 23 , 24 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 29 , 30 , 31 ]. Moreover, in the DS population, physical features such as small hands, short fingers, laxity of ligaments, and lower thumbs can adversely affect fine motor skills such as manipulating small objects and using pencils [ 11 , 18 , 32 ].…”

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Motor Coordination and Global Development in Subjects with Down Syndrome: The Influence of Physical Activity

Alesi

Giustino

Gentile

et al. 2022

JCM

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Background: Many research studies have investigated motor impairments and delayed development in children with Down Syndrome (DS). However, very few studies detected these features in adults with DS. Hence, this study aimed to investigate the relationship between motor coordination and global development in subjects with DS, including adults. Furthermore, the second aim was to detect any differences in motor coordination and global development as a function of the practice of physical activity (PA) in this population. Methods: Twenty-five participants with DS (10 f, 15 m), with a chronological mean age of 27.24 years and development mean age of cognitive area of 4.93 years, were enrolled and divided into a physically active group (PA-G; n = 15) and a physically inactive group (PI-G; n = 10). All participants performed the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (M-ABC) to assess fine and gross motor skills, while the Developmental Profile 3 (DP-3) checklist was administered to the parents in order to screen strengths and weaknesses of five developmental areas of their relatives with DS. Results: Our results showed positive correlations between the following variables: global motor coordination and global development, global motor coordination and adaptive behavior development area, aiming and catching skills and global development, aiming and catching skills and adaptive behavior development area. As for the practice of PA, PA-G showed higher scores than PI-G in all the tasks of both the M-ABC and the DP-3, though significant differences were found only for the global motor coordination, for the aiming and catching skills, as well as for the physical development area. Conclusions: The findings of this study reinforce the need to implement and encourage the practice of PA in order to promote well-being and social inclusion in subjects with DS.

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Assisted Cycling Exercise Improves Fine Manual Dexterity in Persons with Down's syndrome

Cited by 25 publications

References 29 publications

Oral health and associated factors among preschool children with special healthcare needs

Oral health and associated factors among preschool children with special healthcare needs

Intraindividual Variability Measurement of Fine Manual Motor Skills in Children Using an Electronic Pegboard: Cohort Study

Motor Coordination and Global Development in Subjects with Down Syndrome: The Influence of Physical Activity

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