What is it about?
Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is characterized by uncoordinated movements and poor motor skill learning. This study documents that one reason behind the movement problems of children with DCD is a reduced sense of body awareness (proprioception). We here show that the perception of wrist and elbow joint position is impaired in children with DCD.
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Why is it important?
The finding of a proprioceptive deficit in DCD helps us understand why these children have such problems with movement coordination and motor skill learning. Their motor systems do not receive body relevant information at the same level of accuracy as typically developing children.
Perspectives
While this research does not provide a path for a treatment of DCD, it shows a possible path for behavioral interventions in the form of specialized sensory training for these children.
Juergen Konczak Konczak
University of Minnesota Twin Cities
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This page is a summary of: Position Sense Dysfunction Affects Proximal and Distal Arm Joints in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder, Journal of Motor Behavior, December 2017, Taylor & Francis,
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2017.1415200.
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