Fine Motor Control is Related to Cognitive Control in Adolescents with Down Syndrome

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

doi:10.1080/1034912x.2014.878532

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“…The results found in the present study corroborate with previous research that points to the interaction between levels of cognitive development and motor performance in populations with Down syndrome in sequential motor tasks (Schurink et al 2012;Chen et al 2014).…”

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confidence: 83%

“…These concerns are raised by some studies (Schurink et al 2012;Chen et al 2014). Chen et al (2014) adopted designs that relate levels of cognitive development and motor performance in DS individuals and concluded a strong correlation between cognition and motor performance.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Chen et al (2014) adopted designs that relate levels of cognitive development and motor performance in DS individuals and concluded a strong correlation between cognition and motor performance. However, these same authors argue about the demand for studies that seek to investigate this relationship, especially in tasks involving motor planning.…”

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confidence: 99%

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A note on motor skill acquisition in mild and moderate Down syndrome individuals

Giménez¹,

Marquezi²,

Filho

et al. 2017

Psicol. Refl. Crít.

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This study investigated the acquisition of a serial motor skill in individuals with Down syndrome with two levels of handicap, mild group (mean age = 14.5 years, SD = 2.3, 7 individuals) and moderate group (mean age = 15.2 years, SD = 3.2, 7 individuals). The task involved single-arm sequential movements to five. The measures to access performance were overall sequence error, reaction time, and total movement time. To evaluate action program, formation variability of sequencing and relative timing variability were considered. Although there was no clear practice effect, the results showed that the level of handicap led to different strategies to plan and control the actions. The moderate group presented a less stable action program expressed in the variability in sequencing and timing. Their longer reaction times also suggest a heavy demand on central processing in accord with the onetarget advantage hypothesis and also due to memory deficits to select and plan movements.

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confidence: 83%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A note on motor skill acquisition in mild and moderate Down syndrome individuals

Giménez¹,

Marquezi²,

Filho

et al. 2017

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“…In the Denver II test, this area verifies skills that include manual coordination, stimulus organization, accomplishment of delicate features, handling of small objects, involving, mainly, the cognitive and visual-motor skills. Studies show that the fine motor coordination is often impaired in these individuals 6 , 22 , 29 . The study by Santos, et al 22 (2010) showed that the most impaired areas in the children with DS were language and fine motor co-ordination, thus supporting the findings of this study.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…It is striking due to global alterations in the development process, involving motor, language, cognitive, self-care and personal-social dimensions 11 , and it is associated with specific behavioral phenotypes 26 . The alterations found in different development areas are not always proportional, although each area influences and is influenced by one another 5 , 6 , 11 , 15 , 16 , 20 , 26 - 28 .…”

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Motor, linguistic, personal and social aspects of children with Down syndrome

Ferreira‐Vasques

Lamônica

2015

J. Appl. Oral Sci.

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A global developmental delay is expected from Down syndrome, affecting motor, cognitive, linguistic and personal-social skills. However, not always these delays are proportional; different conditions occur due to several intrinsic and extrinsic variables that must be controlled to form groups of greater homogeneity. Objective To enhance personal-social, fine motor-adaptive, gross motor and linguistic skills among children with Down syndrome and compare them with typically developing children, matched for gender, socioeconomic status and mental age, while controlling some variables that interfere with the global development.Methods The ethical aspects were fulfilled (Case No. 040/2009). The following inclusion criteria were considered: participants without a history of prematurity, very low birth weight, congenital hypothyroidism, significant hearing and vision problems, and signs of Autism Spectrum Disorder. After the inclusion criteria were considered, 40 children participated in the study, of which 20 had Down syndrome (experimental group - EG), these being of both genders and with chronological ages ranging from 38 to 63 months, and the other 20 being typically developing children (control group - CG), matching the EG in terms of gender, socioeconomic status and mental age, with this age ranging from 13 to 50 months. The evaluation consisted in applying the Denver Developmental Screening Test II, a test that assesses areas such as personal-social, fine motor-adaptive, linguistic and gross motor development. The results were subjected to statistical analysis using Student’s t-test.Results A statistically significant difference was verified between the groups for the language and fine motor-adaptive areas.Conclusion Children with Down syndrome showed lower performance in language and fine motor skills when compared with typically developing children. There was no statistically significant difference in gross motor and personal-social areas. It is worth mentioning the importance of controlling the variables to deal with more homogeneous groups.

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Dose-Response Association between Exercise Intensity and Manual Motor Performance in Individuals with Down Syndrome: a Preliminary Study

Chen

Ringenbach

2018

J Dev Phys Disabil

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Fine Motor Control is Related to Cognitive Control in Adolescents with Down Syndrome

Cited by 17 publications

References 30 publications

A note on motor skill acquisition in mild and moderate Down syndrome individuals

A note on motor skill acquisition in mild and moderate Down syndrome individuals

Motor, linguistic, personal and social aspects of children with Down syndrome

Dose-Response Association between Exercise Intensity and Manual Motor Performance in Individuals with Down Syndrome: a Preliminary Study

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