the purpose of this research was to determine the effects of perceptual motor training on improving the motor abilities of children with developmental coordination disorder. a total of 194 male and female elementary school students (aged between 6 and 11) were selected from three regions of tehran and participated voluntarily in this study. the subjects were randomly assigned to two groups of e...

The purpose of this study was to examine when the muscles and joints of the forelimb become represented in primary motor cortex (M1) during postnatal life and how local representation patterns change. We examined these questions in cats that were anesthetized (45-90 days, n = 14; adults, n = 3) and awake (n = 4; 52-86 days). We used intracortical microstimulation (45 ms duration train, 330 Hz, ...

OBJECTIVE To compare the motor development of infants from three population samples (Brazil, Canada and Greece), to investigate differences in the percentile curves of motor development in these samples, and to investigate the prevalence of motor delays in Brazilian children. METHODS Observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study with 795 Brazilian infants from zero to 18 months of age,...

298 Jacqueline D. Goodway is with the School of Physical Activity and Educational Services, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 43210. E-mail: [email protected]. Heather Crowe is with Towson University, Department of Kinesiology, Towson, MD 21252. Phillip Ward is with the School of Physical Activity and Educational Services, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Effects of Motor...

UNLABELLED Survival rate of extremely low gestational age (ELGA) newborns has increased over 80% in the last 15 years, but its consequences on the short- and longer-term developmental competencies may be severe. The aim of this study was to describe growth trajectories of linguistic, motor and cognitive skills among ELGA children, compared to full-term (FT) peers, from the first to the third ye...

objectives: cerebral palsy (cp) describes a group of disorders in the development of movement and posture in the developing brain. the main aim of this study was to determine the distribution of motor impairment and associated disorders in a population of children with cp. methods: this study was carried out in 2011 during three months, on 200 cp children. multiple sources of ascertainment were...

Objectives: Motor skills play an important role in language, play, academic and adaptive behaviors of individuals. The present study aimed to determine the effectiveness of music therapy along with play therapy in rising motor coordination of children with autism. Methods: In this quasi-experimental study with pre-test and post-test design, Autism Evaluation Scale and Motor Development Scale w...

Abstract Background and Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate the mediating role of executive functions in the relationship between fine motor skills and reading skills in students with reading disorders. Method: This research was descriptive-correlation and structural equation modeling. The research population of the study included all students with reading disorders who referred t...