Feasibility of Motor Imagery Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder – A Pilot Study

Adams, Imke L. J.; Smits-Engelsman, B.C.M.; Lust, Jessica M.; Wilson, Peter H.; Steenbergen, Bert

doi:10.3389/fpsyg.2017.01271

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“…In line with these suggestions, Adams et al (2016) have developed a protocol to apply a combined action observation and motor imagery training to children with DCD. Pilot study results are positive (Wilson et al, 2016; Adams et al, 2017b).…”

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Activation of Mirror Neuron Regions Is Altered in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)–Neurophysiological Evidence Using an Action Observation Paradigm

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Wilson

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Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) have difficulty performing and learning motor skills. Automatic activation of the mirror neuron system (MNS) during action observation and its coupling to the motor output system are important neurophysiological processes that underpin observational motor learning. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that MNS function is disrupted in children with DCD by using sensitive electroencephalography (EEG)-based measures of MNS activation during action observation. Specifically, we predicted reduced mu-suppression and coherence in DCD compared with typically developing children. Neural activation of the motor network was measured by EEG, specifically event-related desynchronization (ERD) of mu rhythms and fronto-parietal coherence. Children (15 DCD/15 controls) were tested under two task conditions: observational learning (imitation of an observed action) and detection (report a deviant movement after observation). EEG-metrics were compared between groups using linear mixed-effects models. As predicted, children with DCD showed lower levels of mu suppression and reduced modulation of coherence during the observational learning task compared with their non-DCD peers. Notably, mu suppression was reduced in DCD over the entire imitation task (repetitions, and both observation and pause intervals). Action observation can be used for the acquisition of new motor skills. This form of learning entails the transposition of the observed action to the existing internal representations of the observer’s own motor system. The present neurophysiological results suggest that this process of learning is impaired in children with DCD. The results are discussed in relation to current hypotheses on mechanisms of DCD.

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Activation of Mirror Neuron Regions Is Altered in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)–Neurophysiological Evidence Using an Action Observation Paradigm

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Wilson

et al. 2019

Front. Hum. Neurosci.

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“…What remains unclear is if and to what extent this ability develops in DCD. This is important in understanding the nature of the impaired performance and to further explore the possibilities and necessity of interventions aimed at improving predictive control in DCD, such as motor imagery training (Adams, Smits-Engelsman, Lust, Wilson, & Steenbergen, 2017;Wilson, Thomas, & Maruff, 2002;Wilson et al, 2016). Evidence so far, has been mainly gathered from cross-sectional studies (e.g.…”

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Development of motor imagery and anticipatory action planning in children with developmental coordination disorder – A longitudinal approach

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Wilson

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Human Movement Science

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Children with impaired motor coordination (or Development Coordination Disorder - DCD) have difficulty with the predictive control of movements, evidenced by cross-sectional studies that show impaired motor imagery and action planning abilities. What remains unclear is whether this deficit in predictive control reflects immaturity of the motor system (a developmental delay) or some deviation from normal development (a disorder). To advance this discussion the present study used a longitudinal design to examine the development of motor imagery and action planning in children with DCD. Thirty children were included in the DCD group (aged 6-11years) and age- and gender-matched to 30 controls. The DCD group had a mABC-2 score≤16th percentile, the control group>20th percentile. Motor imagery was assessed with the hand rotation task, action planning with a test for end-state comfort. Children participated in three measurements, with one year in between measurements. Results showed that children with DCD were slower and less accurate than their typically developing peers in all subsequent years but were able to improve their motor imagery ability over time. Furthermore, children with DCD showed less planning for ESC at the start of the present study, but were able to catch up with their peers during two-year follow up. These results exemplify that improvement of motor imagery and action planning ability is possible in DCD, and they lend theoretical support to the use of new training techniques that focus on training motor imagery to improve motor skills in children with DCD.

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“…Moreover, the children who exhibited the most severe motor deficits in the initial assessment (scores <1st percentile) were those who benefited the most from MI training. In a pilot study, Adams et al compared a new MI training protocol with CO-OP 79. Each group underwent nine sessions, with exercises to do at home.…”

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<p>Developmental coordination disorder and dysgraphia: signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and rehabilitation</p>

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Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a common and well-recognized neurodevelopmental disorder affecting approximately 5 in every 100 individuals worldwide. It has long been included in standard national and international classifications of disorders (especially the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders ). Children and adults with DCD may come to medical or paramedical attention because of poor motor skills, poor motor coordination, and/or impaired procedural learning affecting activities of daily living. Studies show DCD persistence of 30–70% in adulthood for individuals who were diagnosed with DCD as children, with direct consequences in the academic realm and even beyond. In particular, individuals with DCD are at increased risk of impaired handwriting skills. Medium-term and long-term prognosis depends on the timing of the diagnosis, (possible) comorbid disorders (and their diagnosis), the variability of signs and symptoms (number and intensity), and the nature and frequency of the interventions individuals receive. We therefore chose to investigate the signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and rehabilitation of both DCD and developmental dysgraphia, which continues to receive far too little attention in its own right from researchers and clinicians.

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Feasibility of Motor Imagery Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder – A Pilot Study

Cited by 32 publications

References 58 publications

Activation of Mirror Neuron Regions Is Altered in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)–Neurophysiological Evidence Using an Action Observation Paradigm

Activation of Mirror Neuron Regions Is Altered in Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD)–Neurophysiological Evidence Using an Action Observation Paradigm

Development of motor imagery and anticipatory action planning in children with developmental coordination disorder – A longitudinal approach

<p>Developmental coordination disorder and dysgraphia: signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and rehabilitation</p>

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