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EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF PAEDIATRIC NEUROLOGY
Volume 16, Issue 6, Pages 573-581Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2012.05.005
Keywords
Developmental; coordination disorder; DCD; Children; Prognosis; Intervention; fMRI
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- Canadian Institutes of Health Research Musculoskeletal and Arthritis Institute
- Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR)
- Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program
- MSFHR/NeuroDevNet
- Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
- Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation
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Present in approximately 5-6% of school-aged children, developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a neuromotor disability in which a child's motor coordination difficulties significantly interfere with activities of daily living or academic achievement. These children typically have difficulty with fine and/or gross motor skills, with motor performance that is usually slower, less accurate, and more variable than that of their peers. In this paper, we review the history of various definitions leading up to the current definition of DCD, prevalence estimates for the disorder, etiology, common co-morbidities, the impact of DCD on the child's life, and prognosis. As well, we briefly describe current interventions for children with the disorder and results of recent neuroimaging studies of the brains of children with DCD, including research by the authors of this paper. (C) 2012 European Paediatric Neurology Society. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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