Psychosocial adjustment and attention in children with developmental coordination disorder using different motor tests

Chen, Yu Wei; Tseng, Mei‐Hui; Hu, Fu‐Chang; Cermak, Sharon A.

doi:10.1016/j.ridd.2009.06.004

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“…They all concerned ADHD, which concurs with studies that reported a high co-occurrence of DCD and ADHD (Chen et al, 2009;Dewey, Kaplan, Crawford, & Wilson, 2002;Dewey et al, 2007;Miyahara et al, 2001;Pitcher et al, 2002Pitcher et al, , 2003Tseng et al, 2004Tseng et al, , 2007 and is in concert with the aforementioned suggestion of shared genetic factors underlying motor and ADHD problems (Martin, Piek, & Hay, 2006;Moruzzi et al., 2010). However, ADHD was less prevalent in our sample than either emotional or autism spectrum disorders, which were found in 45% and 25% of the children, respectively.…”

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confidence: 92%

“…For instance, poor motor coordination and balance control have been reported for children with dysthymia and anxiety disorders (Erez, Gordon, Sever, Sadeh, & Mintz, 2004;Stins, Ledebt, Emck, van Dokkum, & Beek, 2009;Vance et al, 2006), as well as for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (ADHD; Chen, Tseng, Hu, & Cermak, 2009;Dewey, Cantell, & Crawford, 2007;Gillberg & Kadesjö, 2003;Miyahara, Möbs, & Doll-Tepper, 2001;Pitcher, Piek, & Barrett, 2002;Pitcher, Piek, & Hay, 2003;Tseng, Henderson, Chow, & Yao, 2004;Tseng, Howe, Chuang, & Hsieh, 2007;Vance et al, 2006) and autism spectrum disorders (ASD; Dewey et al, 2007;Emck et al, 2009;Ghaziuddin & Butler, 1998;Green et al, 2009;Kopp, Beckung, & Gillberg, 2010).…”

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Psychiatric Symptoms in Children With Gross Motor Problems

Emck¹,

Bosscher²,

Wieringen³

et al. 2012

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

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Children with psychiatric disorders often demonstrate gross motor problems. This study investigates if the reverse also holds true by assessing psychiatric symptoms present in children with gross motor problems. Emotional, behavioral, and autism spectrum disorders (ASD), as well as psychosocial problems, were assessed in a sample of 40 children with gross motor problems from an elementary school population (aged 7 through 12 years). Sixty-five percent of the sample met the criteria for psychiatric classification. Anxiety disorders were found most often (45%), followed by ASD (25%) and attention deficit hyperactivity disorders (15%). Internalizing (51%) and social problems (41%) were prominent, as was "stereotyped behavior" (92%) and "resistance to changes" (92%). Self-perceived incompetence was restricted to domains that were indeed impaired (i.e., the athletic and social domains). The results suggest that children with gross motor problems are strongly at risk for psychiatric problems including anxiety, internalization, and ASD.

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Psychiatric Symptoms in Children With Gross Motor Problems

Emck¹,

Bosscher²,

Wieringen³

et al. 2012

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly

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“…Evidence points to higher rates of poorer psychosocial adjustment and decreased social skills and empathy in children and adults with DCD/dyspraxia compared to their peers without motor coordination problems [26,[119][120][121][122][123][124][125]. There is no evidence in the literature to indicate the direction of this relationship.…”

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“…Functionally, individuals with DCD or developmental dyspraxia have trouble coordinating their movements to learn new fine and gross motor tasks required to perform instrumental daily activities, such as tying shoelaces, dressing, handwriting, playing sports, and using playground equipment [1,3,12,13]. In addition, decreased educational performance and poor social emotional adjustment, perhaps a result of participation limitations, have been found in children, adolescents, and adults with developmental coordination disorders [14][15][16][17].…”

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Neural Correlates of Developmental Coordination Disorder: The Mirror Neuron System Hypothesis

Werner¹,

Cermak²,

Aziz‐Zadeh³

2012

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Primary impairments of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) include impairments in motor skill, motor learning, and imitation. Such difficulties present challenges for individuals with DCD and may persist into adulthood, negatively impacting daily life in school, work, and social domains. A better understanding of the neural correlates of motor and imitation impairments in DCD holds the potential for informing development of treatment approaches to address these impairments. Although the disorder is assumed to be of neurological origin, little is known of the brain-based etiology of DCD. In recent years the discovery of a fronto-parietal circuit-known as the mirror neuron system-has enabled researchers to better understand imitation, general motor functions, and aspects of social cognition. Given its involvement in imitation and other motor functions, we propose that dysfunction in the mirror neuron system may underlie the characteristic impairments of DCD. We review literature pertaining to the mirror neuron system and develop a theory of disordered mirror neuron functioning in DCD. Finally, we review the limited neuroimaging literature available on neural correlates of DCD and show that the findings from those investigations are congruent with a mirror neuron system theory of DCD. Future research in this population should be designed to investigate specifically mirror neuron regions in individuals with DCD during skilled motor tasks and imitation in particular.

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“…The level of attention as the mechanism which dynamizes perceptual and cognitive processes can influence a quality of the integration of stimuli of the different modes, their subsequent processing, movement response selection and programming of a response. The prevalence of a lower level of motor skills in children is very often associated with attention deficit disorder (ADD) or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) (Chen, Tseng, Hu, & Cermak, 2009;Licari & Larkin, 2008;Dewey, Kaplan, Crawford, & Wilson, 2002). Martin, Piek, and Hay (2006), Dewey et al (2002) reported 50% of children with motor difficulties have concurrently been diagnosed with ADHD.…”

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confidence: 99%