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Variability in coordination patterns in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) by Golenia, Laura; Bongers, Raoul M.; van Hoorn, Jessika F.; Otten, Egbert; Mouton, Leonora J.; Schoemaker, Marina M. is a Neuroscience article available to read on EtoBox.
What is Variability in coordination patterns in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) about?
High motor variability is an often-found characteristic of Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Still, the role of high motor variability in DCD needs further examination. This study focused on variability in coordination patterns, which is essential considering that DCD is a coordination disorder. We examined variability in coordination patterns of the arm over repetitions of trials in goal-directed reaching movements. This variability was partitioned into variability that does not affect the index fingertip position (V) and variability that does affect the index fingertip position (V). This study aimed to increase the understanding of motor variability in DCD by comparing V and V between children with DCD and typically developing (TD) children in a goal-directed reaching task. Twenty-two children (eleven with DCD) ages 6-11 performed 30 reaching movements. The Uncontrolled Manifold method was used to quantify V and V. Results showed that children with DCD had more V than TD children while V was similar between groups, showing that coordination patterns in children with DCD are more variable, but interestingly, this higher variability does not affect performance. This study
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- Author
- Golenia, Laura; Bongers, Raoul M.; van Hoorn, Jessika F.; Otten, Egbert; Mouton, Leonora J.; Schoemaker, Marina M.
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV (ISSN 0167-9457)
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Neuroscience (Health Sciences)