Diversity of activity participation determines bone mineral content in the lower limbs of pre-pubertal children with developmental coordination disorder

Abstract

Diversity of activity participation and bone mineralization were lower in pre-pubertal children with DCD. Decreased total activity participation diversity was a contributing factor to lower BMC in the legs of children with DCD.

Understanding factors that influence physical activity behavior in people with developmental coordination disorder (DCD): a mixed-methods convergent integrated systematic review

“…Therefore, physical skill, motor impairment and weight status contributed to a lack of participation in physical activity in children with DCD. This is supported by Fong et al (2018) , who compared bone mineralization and activity patterns of 52 children with DCD (mean age 7.5 years) and 61 TD children (mean age 7.2 years). After accounting for age, sex, height, lean mass and fat mass, bone mineralization and activity participation were lower in children with DCD compared to TD children.…”

“…Studies included six randomized controlled trials ( Howie et al, 2016 , 2017 ; Yu et al, 2016a ; Bonney et al, 2017a ; Noordstar et al, 2017 ; Sit et al, 2019 ), four quasi-experimental studies ( Meek and Sugden, 1997 ; Poulsen et al, 2007 ; Cairney et al, 2010 ; Green et al, 2011 ), 25 cross-sectional studies ( Cairney et al, 2005a , b , 2007 , 2019 ; Poulsen et al, 2008 , 2011a ; Baerg et al, 2011 ; Fong et al, 2011 , 2018 ; Silman et al, 2011 ; Engel-Yeger et al, 2012 , 2015 ; Beutum et al, 2013 ; Kwan et al, 2013 ; Batey et al, 2014 ; Noordstar et al, 2014 ; Cermak et al, 2015 ; Yu et al, 2016b , 2021 ; King-Dowling et al, 2018 , 2019 ; Wright et al, 2019 ; Brown et al, 2021 ; James et al, 2021 ; Li et al, 2021 ), four longitudinal studies ( Cairney et al, 2006 , 2017 ; Joshi et al, 2015 ; Tan et al, 2022 ), two qualitative studies ( Barnett et al, 2013 ; Zimmer et al, 2020 ), one case series study ( Kane and Bell, 2009 ) and one mixed-method study ( Adams et al, 2018 ).…”

“…Nineteen studies were conducted in Canada ( Cairney et al, 2005a , b , 2006 , 2007 , 2010 , 2017 , 2019 ; Kane and Bell, 2009 ; Baerg et al, 2011 ; Silman et al, 2011 ; Kwan et al, 2013 ; Batey et al, 2014 ; Joshi et al, 2015 ; King-Dowling et al, 2018 , 2019 ; Zimmer et al, 2020 ; Brown et al, 2021 ; James et al, 2021 ; Li et al, 2021 ), seven in Australia ( Poulsen et al, 2007 , 2008 , 2011a ; Beutum et al, 2013 ; Howie et al, 2016 , 2017 ; Wright et al, 2019 ), six in Hong Kong ( Fong et al, 2011 , 2018 ; Yu et al, 2016a , b , 2021 ; Sit et al, 2019 ), three in the United Kingdom ( Meek and Sugden, 1997 ; Green et al, 2011 ; Barnett et al, 2013 ), three in the Netherlands ( Noordstar et al, 2014 , 2017 ; Adams et al, 2018 ) two in Israel ( Engel-Yeger et al, 2012 , 2015 ), one in Israel and the US ( Cermak et al, 2015 ), one in Finland ( Tan et al, 2022 ) and one in South Africa ( Bonney et al, 2017a ).…”

“…Nine articles were best aligned with this component of the COM-B model ( Fong et al, 2011 , 2018 ; Joshi et al, 2015 ; Yu et al, 2016a , b ; Bonney et al, 2017a ; Cairney et al, 2017 ; King-Dowling et al, 2018 ; Li et al, 2021 ).…”

Reduced Peak Bone Mass in Young Adults With Low Motor Competence

“…The status of bone health in adults with LMC has only been reported once, (6) although findings of bone health deficits in this study are supported by findings of lower bone health throughout childhood and adolescence. (9)(10)(11)(12)(13) However, the applicability of these studies is limited by restricted predictive power of early bone measurements. (14,15) Bone measures at the time of peak bone mass, when bone accrual and development ceases, by contrast, are strong predictors of bone health in later life and age of osteoporosis occurrence.…”