Developmental Coordination Disorder: State of the Art and Future Directions from a Neurophysiological Perspective

Emanuele, Marco; Polletta, G.; Marini, Maddalena; Fadiga, Luciano

doi:10.3390/children9070945

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“…Successful motor control is thought to result from an internal model that predicts sensory consequences of a motor command. DCD children may have difficulties creating adequate internal models because of alterations in their fronto-parietal circuits, which are linked to anticipatory planning and online monitoring of movement [36,40]. Therefore, cerebellar network connections to frontal and parietal areas also seem to be implicated in DCD, providing indirect support for the internal modeling hypothesis [41][42][43][44].…”

Section: Motor Learning and Dcdmentioning

confidence: 99%

Study protocol to examine the effects of acute exercise on motor learning and brain activity in children with developmental coordination disorder (ExLe-Brain-DCD)

Busquets,

Ferrer-Uris,

Durduran

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Introduction Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is one of the most prevalent pediatric chronic conditions. Without proper intervention, significant delays in motor skill performance and learning may persist until adulthood. Moderate-to-vigorous physical exercise has been proven to improve motor learning (adaptation and consolidation) in children with or without disorders. However, the effect of a short bout of physical exercise on motor adaptation and consolidation in children with DCD has not been examined. Furthermore, the role of perceptual-motor integration and attention as mediators of learning has not been examined via neuroimaging in this population. Objectives Therefore, the primary aims of this project will be to compare children with and without DCD to (a) examine the effect of acute exercise on motor learning (adaptation and consolidation) while performing a rotational visuo-motor adaptation task (rVMA), and (b) explore cortical activation in the dorsolateral- and ventrolateral-prefrontal cortex areas while learning the rVMA task under rest or post-exercise conditions. Methods One hundred twenty children will be recruited (60 DCD, 60 controls) and within-cohort randomly assigned to either exercise (13-minute shuttle run task) or rest prior to performing the rVMA task. Adaptation and consolidation will be evaluated via two error variables and three retention tests (1h, 24h and 7 days post adaptation). Cortical activation will be registered via functional near-infrared spectroscopy (fNIRS) during the baseline, adaptation, and consolidation. Discussion We expect to find exercise benefits on motor learning and attention so that children with DCD profiles will be closer to those of children with typical development. The results of this project will provide further evidence to: (a) better characterize children with DCD for the design of educational materials, and (b) establish acute exercise as a potential intervention to improve motor learning and attention.

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Section: Motor Learning and Dcdmentioning

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Study protocol to examine the effects of acute exercise on motor learning and brain activity in children with developmental coordination disorder (ExLe-Brain-DCD)

Busquets,

Ferrer-Uris,

Durduran

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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“…Developmental coordination disorder is a condition that includes delayed acquisition of motor skills, clumsiness, and inaccurate execution of daily life tasks such as catching objects, riding a bicycle and so on. This is not due to intellectual disability or medical conditions but conditions and vacancies that are not provided (Emanuele et al, 2022)…”

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Analysis of motor coordination abilities of students: Comparative study of students in urban and rural areas

Marta,

Oktarifaldi,

Wisma

2023

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This study aims to analyze the differences in coordination skills of children who live in urban and rural areas. This study used a cross-sectional design, and the research subjects were elementary school students aged between 7 - 9 years (N=640; male=320 and female=320) spread across urban and rural areas in West Sumatra Province, Indonesia. Samples were collected through a purposive sampling technique. Coordination data were measured using the Körperkoordinations Test für Kinder (KTK): balance beam, moving sideways, jumping sideways and eye-hand coordination. The data were analyzed using the IBM SPSS statistical program version 25. The analysis results revealed that Urban students had a superior motor coordination average score compared to rural students. Based on the t-test, there was a significant difference in general coordination abilities between urban and rural students (p value< 0.05). The motor coordination skills of students in urban settings are superior to those of students in rural settings, both male and female. It is believed that by having adequate facilities and equipment, schools in Urban have more opportunities to practice coordination both structured and independently. It is recommended to optimize movement coordination training for students in a structured manner in physical education and extracurricular learning at school.

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Visuomotor tracking strategies in children: associations with neurodevelopmental symptoms

Thorsson,

Galazka,

Johnson

et al. 2023

Exp Brain Res

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Children with neurodevelopmental disorders (NDDs) often display motor problems that may impact their daily lives. Studying specific motor characteristics related to spatiotemporal control may inform us about the mechanisms underlying their challenges. Fifty-eight children with varying neurodevelopmental symptoms load (median age: 5.6 years, range: 2.7–12.5 years) performed an interactive tablet-based tracking task. By investigating digit touch errors relative to the target’s movement direction, we found that a load of neurodevelopmental symptoms was associated with reduced performance in the tracking of abrupt alternating directions (zigzag) and overshooting the target. In contrast, reduced performance in children without neurodevelopmental symptoms was associated with lagging behind the target. Neurodevelopmental symptom load was also associated with reduced flexibility in correcting for lateral deviations in smooth tracking (spiral). Our findings suggest that neurodevelopmental symptoms are associated with difficulties in motor regulation related to inhibitory control and reduced flexibility, impacting motor control in NDDs.

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Developmental Coordination Disorder: State of the Art and Future Directions from a Neurophysiological Perspective

Cited by 5 publications

References 150 publications

Study protocol to examine the effects of acute exercise on motor learning and brain activity in children with developmental coordination disorder (ExLe-Brain-DCD)

Study protocol to examine the effects of acute exercise on motor learning and brain activity in children with developmental coordination disorder (ExLe-Brain-DCD)

Analysis of motor coordination abilities of students: Comparative study of students in urban and rural areas

Visuomotor tracking strategies in children: associations with neurodevelopmental symptoms

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