Motor Skills Disorders (Motor Skills Disorder)

01/01/2013 - "Postintervention scores significantly improved on the Bruininks-Oseretsky test of motor proficiency, second edition, and the Canadian occupational performance measure scores and raised the developmental coordination disorder questionnaire, revised 2007, scores above the range where DCD is suspected. "
02/01/2015 - "The results showed that motor efficiency and global handwriting quality improved in all the children, although some handwriting difficulties still persisted in one child with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). "
12/01/2015 - "Interventions based on everyday motor skills have been developed to be effective in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). "
09/01/2013 - "The aim of this study was to compare the efficacy of these two interventions on the motor performance, isometric strength and cardiorespiratory fitness (aerobic and anaerobic capacity) of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) attending mainstream schools in a low-income setting. "
03/01/2013 - "The aim of this study was to review systematically evidence about the efficacy of motor interventions for children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD), and to quantify treatment effects using meta-analysis. "

01/01/2007 - "The Durham Trial by Richardson published in 2005, tested omega-3s with omega-6s on schoolchildren with developmental coordination disorder (many of them had ADHD symptoms), improving scores in co-ordination and short term memory."
02/01/2015 - "Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance (CO-OP) is a problem-solving approach originally developed for children with Developmental Coordination Disorder. "
02/01/2015 - "Prevalence of co-morbidity of ADHD and Developmental Coordination Disorder is as high as 50%. "
10/01/2013 - "Is severity of motor coordination difficulties related to co-morbidity in children at risk for developmental coordination disorder?"
02/01/2013 - "Developmental coordination disorder in children with specific language impairment: co-morbidity and impact on quality of life."

10/01/2013 - "This study examined the body mass index (BMI) in children with ADHD and its relationship with age, gender, ADHD and comorbid symptom severity, inhibitory control, developmental coordination disorder, sleep duration, and methylphenidate use. "
06/01/2013 - "Influence of methylphenidate on motor performance and attention in children with developmental coordination disorder and attention deficit hyperactive disorder."
04/01/2008 - "Effects of methylphenidate on quality of life in children with both developmental coordination disorder and ADHD."
03/01/2006 - "Fine motor skills and effects of methylphenidate in children with attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorder and developmental coordination disorder."
11/01/2012 - "Although preliminary evidence has suggested that methylphenidate can improve the motor skills in children with ADHD and Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), the effect of stimulant medication on motor performance in children newly diagnosed with ADHD with or without motor impairment remains unclear. "

07/01/2014 - "Investigation of treadmill and overground running: implications for the measurement of oxygen cost in children with developmental coordination disorder."
12/01/2013 - "Submaximal oxygen cost during incremental exercise in children with developmental coordination disorder."
07/01/2013 - "A comparison of the oxygen cost and physiological responses to running in children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder."
03/01/2010 - "A comparison of the oxygen cost of locomotion in children with and without developmental coordination disorder."
07/01/2013 - "The aim of this study was to compare the oxygen cost of running in boys with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). "

05/01/2005 - "The Oxford-Durham study: a randomized, controlled trial of dietary supplementation with fatty acids in children with developmental coordination disorder."

06/01/2009 - "Retraining for Balance may be a functional technique for training children and youth with sensorimotor difficulties and might constitute a complement to regular treatment of Developmental Coordination Disorder, Learning Disability, and ADHD, but controlled studies are necessary before more decisive conclusions can be drawn."

01/01/2005 - "About half of the group showed evidence of mild to moderate impairment, confirming the impression of 'clumsiness/developmental coordination disorder' on the TOMI-R. "
01/01/2009 - "At 6.5 years 64% of the children showed a motor deviation either as a delay according to MPU, a problem according to TOMI or Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) according to DSM-IV-TR. "
07/01/1992 - "The Test of Motor Impairment (TOMI) was used to select 12 children with a Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and 12 age-matched controls. "

08/01/2014 - "Reduction in developmental coordination disorder with neonatal caffeine therapy."
08/01/2014 - "To determine the effect of neonatal caffeine treatment on rates of developmental coordination disorder (DCD). "
10/01/2006 - "Topics discussed include writer's cramp, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, drug-induced parkinsonism, dopamine depletion, dysgraphia, motor development, developmental coordination disorder, caffeine, alertness, arousal, sleep deprivation, visual feedback transformation and suppression, eye-hand coordination, pen grip, pen pressure, movement fluency, bimanual interference, dominant versus non-dominant hand, tracing, freehand drawing, spiral drawing, reading, typewriting, and automatic segmentation."

01/01/2013 - "In the LSD subgroup, ADHD was present in 33%, Anxiety Disorder in 28.8%, Developmental Coordination Disorder in 17.8%, Language Disorder in 11% and Mood Disorder in 9.4% of patients. "

10/01/2006 - "Topics discussed include writer's cramp, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, drug-induced parkinsonism, dopamine depletion, dysgraphia, motor development, developmental coordination disorder, caffeine, alertness, arousal, sleep deprivation, visual feedback transformation and suppression, eye-hand coordination, pen grip, pen pressure, movement fluency, bimanual interference, dominant versus non-dominant hand, tracing, freehand drawing, spiral drawing, reading, typewriting, and automatic segmentation."

01/01/2001 - "In the absence of a gold standard to identify the presence of developmental coordination disorder in children, it is useful to examine the consistency of different tests used in physical and occupational therapy. "
02/01/2012 - "Partnering for change: an innovative school-based occupational therapy service delivery model for children with developmental coordination disorder."
03/01/2011 - "The wide variation in prevalence of dysgraphic handwriting (5-33%) is of clinical importance, because poor handwriting has been identified as one of the most common reasons for referring school-age children to occupational therapy or physiotherapy, and is included as an criterion for the diagnosis of Developmental Coordination Disorder. "
02/01/2004 - "Are referrals to occupational therapy for developmental coordination disorder appropriate?"
01/01/2001 - "Recently, researchers in occupational therapy have investigated the use of a cognitive or "top down" approach to improving the occupational performance of children with developmental coordination disorder. "

01/01/2010 - "Van de Geer et al. carried out a field study in a medical rehabilitation centre in the Netherlands in which four low task uncertainty teams ('hand trauma', 'heart failure', 'amputation', 'chronic pain'), and four high task uncertainty teams ('children with developmental coordination disorder', 'Parkinson disease', 'young children (aged 1-4 years) with developmental disorders', 'acquired brain injuries') participated in the development of performance indicators. "
11/01/2009 - "We report findings from a field study in a medical rehabilitation centre in The Netherlands, where four low task uncertain teams ('hand trauma', 'heart failure', 'amputation', 'chronic pain'), and four high task uncertain teams ('children with developmental coordination disorders (DCD)', 'parkinson's disease', 'young children (0-4 years) with developmental disorders', and 'acquired brain injuries') participated in the development of performance indicators using the Productivity Measurement and Enhancement System (ProMES) method. "

01/01/2012 - "The aim of our study was to evaluate sensory integration and activities of daily living in children with developmental coordination disorder 37 cases with developmental coordination disorder and 35 healthy age-matched peers were included in this study. "
11/01/2015 - "Activities of Daily Living in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder: Performance, Learning, and Participation."
09/01/2013 - "Development and psychometric properties of the DCDDaily: a new test for clinical assessment of capacity in activities of daily living in children with developmental coordination disorder."
01/01/2012 - "Special education and rehabilitation programs including sensory integration therapy and motor performance will increase independence in the activities of daily living in children with developmental coordination disorder."
01/01/2012 - "Sensory integration and activities of daily living in children with developmental coordination disorder."

01/01/2013 - "Strength training for a child with suspected developmental coordination disorder."
04/01/2007 - "Implementation of a strength training program for a 5-year-old child with poor body awareness and developmental coordination disorder."

01/01/2013 - "It also describes a typical orthoptic assessment with vision and optic musculature evaluation, and reports its results in a prospective comparative study in three populations (controls, dyslexic and Developmental Coordination Disorders [DCD] children). "