S18-1 Brain function in individuals with developmental coordination disorder: ERP studies

Comparison of Postural Control and Functional Balance in Individuals People with Intellectual Disabilities with and Without Developmental Coordination Disorder

Introduction: Balance in individual with intellectual disability has a great importance due to the failure to perform motor tasks. The purpose of the present study was to compare postural control and balance function in two groups of individual with intellectually disabled with and without developmental coordination disorder. Methods: The present study was a cross-sectional and causal-comparat...

Brain Mapping of Developmental Coordination Disorder

developmental coordination disorder in children

objective in this article, a motor skill disorder called developmental coordination disorder (dcd), that is usually first diagnosed during childhood, is explained and discussed. in the year 1987, dcd was formally recognized as a distinct disorder in children by the american psychiatric association  (apa). dcd is a generalized term for the children who have some degrees of impairment in the deve...

BRAIN FUNCTION UNDERLYING ADAPTIVE SENSORIMOTOR CONTROL IN CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER By

Title of Document: BRAIN FUNCTION UNDERLYING ADAPTIVE SENSORIMOTOR CONTROL IN CHILDREN WITH AND WITHOUT DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER Melissa M. Pangelinan, Ph.D., 2012 Directed By: Professor Jane E. Clark, Department of Kinesiology One child in every classroom (6% of children) suffers from Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Children with DCD exhibit ...

correlation between executive function behaviors and educational achievement of children with developmental coordination disorder

conclusions the results may help clinicians for early intervention and focus on related components of executive function to improve the educational performance of dcd children. knowing that executive function skills are associated with these two achievement domains suggests potentiality of targeted math and spelling interventions for dcd children. results the findings showed that components of ...