Unimanual and bimanual motor performance in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) provide evidence for underlying motor control deficits

Abstract Much of our understanding of motor control deficits in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) comes from upper limb assessments focusing on the dominant limb. Here, using two robotic behavioural tasks, we investigated motor control in both the dominant and non-dominant limb...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales:	Melody N. Grohs, Rachel L. Hawe, Sean P. Dukelow, Deborah Dewey
Formato:	article
Lenguaje:	EN
Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
Materias:	Medicine R Science Q
Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/d396c1d6ea6b4a218d93b7c8df5bb381
Etiquetas:	Agregar Etiqueta Sin Etiquetas, Sea el primero en etiquetar este registro!

id	oai:doaj.org-article:d396c1d6ea6b4a218d93b7c8df5bb381
record_format	dspace
spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:d396c1d6ea6b4a218d93b7c8df5bb3812021-12-02T13:18:01ZUnimanual and bimanual motor performance in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) provide evidence for underlying motor control deficits10.1038/s41598-021-85391-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/d396c1d6ea6b4a218d93b7c8df5bb3812021-03-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-85391-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Much of our understanding of motor control deficits in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) comes from upper limb assessments focusing on the dominant limb. Here, using two robotic behavioural tasks, we investigated motor control in both the dominant and non-dominant limbs of children with DCD. Twenty-six children with diagnosed DCD (20 males; mean age 10.6 years ± 1.3 years) and 155 controls were included in this cross-sectional study. Participants completed a visually guided reaching task with their dominant and non-dominant limbs and a bimanual object hitting task. Motor performance was quantified across nine parameters. We determined the number of children with DCD who fell outside of the typical performance range of the controls on these parameters and compared the DCD and control groups using ANCOVAs, accounting for age. Children with DCD demonstrated impairments in six out of nine parameters; deficits were more commonly noted in the non-dominant limb. Interestingly, when looking at individual performance, several children with DCD performed in the range of controls. These findings indicate that children with DCD display deficits in motor control in both the dominant and non-dominant limb and highlight the importance of including detailed assessments of both limbs when investigating children with DCD. They also demonstrate the variability in motor control performance evidenced by children with DCD.Melody N. GrohsRachel L. HaweSean P. DukelowDeborah DeweyNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 11, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2021)
institution	DOAJ
collection	DOAJ
language	EN
topic	Medicine R Science Q
spellingShingle	Medicine R Science Q Melody N. Grohs Rachel L. Hawe Sean P. Dukelow Deborah Dewey Unimanual and bimanual motor performance in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) provide evidence for underlying motor control deficits
description	Abstract Much of our understanding of motor control deficits in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) comes from upper limb assessments focusing on the dominant limb. Here, using two robotic behavioural tasks, we investigated motor control in both the dominant and non-dominant limbs of children with DCD. Twenty-six children with diagnosed DCD (20 males; mean age 10.6 years ± 1.3 years) and 155 controls were included in this cross-sectional study. Participants completed a visually guided reaching task with their dominant and non-dominant limbs and a bimanual object hitting task. Motor performance was quantified across nine parameters. We determined the number of children with DCD who fell outside of the typical performance range of the controls on these parameters and compared the DCD and control groups using ANCOVAs, accounting for age. Children with DCD demonstrated impairments in six out of nine parameters; deficits were more commonly noted in the non-dominant limb. Interestingly, when looking at individual performance, several children with DCD performed in the range of controls. These findings indicate that children with DCD display deficits in motor control in both the dominant and non-dominant limb and highlight the importance of including detailed assessments of both limbs when investigating children with DCD. They also demonstrate the variability in motor control performance evidenced by children with DCD.
format	article
author	Melody N. Grohs Rachel L. Hawe Sean P. Dukelow Deborah Dewey
author_facet	Melody N. Grohs Rachel L. Hawe Sean P. Dukelow Deborah Dewey
author_sort	Melody N. Grohs
title	Unimanual and bimanual motor performance in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) provide evidence for underlying motor control deficits
title_short	Unimanual and bimanual motor performance in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) provide evidence for underlying motor control deficits
title_full	Unimanual and bimanual motor performance in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) provide evidence for underlying motor control deficits
title_fullStr	Unimanual and bimanual motor performance in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) provide evidence for underlying motor control deficits
title_full_unstemmed	Unimanual and bimanual motor performance in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) provide evidence for underlying motor control deficits
title_sort	unimanual and bimanual motor performance in children with developmental coordination disorder (dcd) provide evidence for underlying motor control deficits
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/d396c1d6ea6b4a218d93b7c8df5bb381
work_keys_str_mv	AT melodyngrohs unimanualandbimanualmotorperformanceinchildrenwithdevelopmentalcoordinationdisorderdcdprovideevidenceforunderlyingmotorcontroldeficits AT rachellhawe unimanualandbimanualmotorperformanceinchildrenwithdevelopmentalcoordinationdisorderdcdprovideevidenceforunderlyingmotorcontroldeficits AT seanpdukelow unimanualandbimanualmotorperformanceinchildrenwithdevelopmentalcoordinationdisorderdcdprovideevidenceforunderlyingmotorcontroldeficits AT deborahdewey unimanualandbimanualmotorperformanceinchildrenwithdevelopmentalcoordinationdisorderdcdprovideevidenceforunderlyingmotorcontroldeficits
_version_	1718393357395296256

Unimanual and bimanual motor performance in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) provide evidence for underlying motor control deficits

Ejemplares similares