Developmental coordination disorders: State of art

Summary In the literature, descriptions of children with motor coordination difficulties and clumsy movements have been discussed since the early 1900s. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), it is a marked impairment in the development of fine or global mot...

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Published in:Neurophysiologie clinique 2014-01, Vol.44 (1), p.13-23
Main Author: Vaivre-Douret, L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Apraxias - diagnosis
Apraxias - physiopathology
Assessment
Biological and medical sciences
Child
Comorbidities
Comorbidité
Critères diagnostiques
Developmental coordination disorder
Developmental dyspraxia
Diagnostic criteria
Disorders of higher nervous function. Focal brain diseases. Central vestibular syndrome and deafness. Brain stem syndromes
Dyspraxie développementale
Etiology
Humans
Medical sciences
Motor Skills Disorders - diagnosis
Motor Skills Disorders - physiopathology
Nervous system (semeiology, syndromes)
Neurology
Sous-groupes
Subtypes
Trouble de l’acquisition de la coordination
Étiologie
Évaluation
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Summary:Summary In the literature, descriptions of children with motor coordination difficulties and clumsy movements have been discussed since the early 1900s. According to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), it is a marked impairment in the development of fine or global motor coordination, affecting 6% of school-age children. All these children are characterized for developmental coordination disorder (DCD) in motor learning and new motor skill acquisition, in contrast to adult apraxia which is a disorder in the execution of already learned movements. No consensus has been established about etiology of DCD. Intragroup approach through factor and cluster analysis highlights that motor impairment in DCD children varies both in severity and nature. Indeed, most studies have used screening measures of performance on some developmental milestones derived from global motor tests. A few studies have investigated different functions together with standardized assessments, such as neuromuscular tone and soft signs, qualitative and quantitative measures related to gross and fine motor coordination and the specific difficulties – academic, language, gnosic, visual motor/visual-perceptual, and attentional/executive – n order to allow a better identification of DCD subtypes with diagnostic criteria and to provide an understanding of the mechanisms and of the cerebral involvement.
ISSN:0987-7053
1769-7131
DOI:10.1016/j.neucli.2013.10.133