scholarly journals Impact of Cerebral Visual Impairments on Motor Skills: Implications for Developmental Coordination Disorders

2016 ◽  
Vol 7 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sylvie Chokron ◽  
Gordon N. Dutton
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Coordination Disorders ◽  
Developmental Coordination Disorders

A Comparison of the Fundamental Motor Skills of Preschool-Aged Children With and Without Visual Impairments

2020 ◽  
pp. 1-10
Author(s):  
Ali Brian ◽  
Sally Taunton Miedema ◽  
Jerraco L. Johnson ◽  
Isabel Chica
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Developmental Trajectories ◽  
Visual Impairments ◽  
Physical Activity Behavior ◽  
Underlying Mechanism ◽  
Fundamental Motor Skills ◽  
Gross Motor Development ◽  
Preschool Aged Children ◽  
Ball Skills

Fundamental motor skills (FMS) are an underlying mechanism driving physical activity behavior and promoting positive developmental trajectories for health. However, little is known about FMS of preschool-aged children with visual impairments (VI). The purpose of this study was to examine the FMS of preschool-aged children (N = 25) with (n = 10) and without (n = 15) VI as measured using the Test of Gross Motor Development-3. Children without VI performed significantly higher than their peers for locomotor (M = +11.87, p = .014, η2 = .31) and ball skills (M = +13.69, p < .001, η2 = .56). Regardless of the presence of a VI, many participants struggled with developing FMS, with the greatest disparity resting within ball skills. These findings help to clarify the FMS levels of preschool-aged children with VI. Thus, there is a need for both further inquiry and intervention for all children.

scholarly journals Relationship between balance and gait in children with a risk of developmental coordination disorders and their typically developing peers

2016 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 101-108
Author(s):  
Adrián Agricola ◽  
Miriam Palomo-Nieto ◽  
Rudolf Psotta ◽  
Reza Abdollahipour Ludvík Valtr
Keyword(s):  
Typically Developing ◽  
Coordination Disorders ◽  
Developmental Coordination Disorders

scholarly journals Are children with childhood apraxia of speech a subgroup of children with developmental coordination disorders?

Logopedija ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 9-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dora Knežević
Keyword(s):  
Motor Skills ◽  
Motor Development ◽  
Developmental Coordination Disorder ◽  
Motor Deficit ◽  
Apraxia Of Speech ◽  
Childhood Apraxia Of Speech ◽  
Coordination Disorders ◽  
Knowing That ◽  
Oral Motor Function ◽  
Perceptual Motor Learning

Motor development is related to various aspects of human development, from speaking to taking care of oneself and participating in sports. Developmental disorder affecting the motor domain is known as Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), which results in a marked impairment in motor skills, which in turn can have a significant impact on activities of everyday living (American Psychiatric Association, 2013). Several studies have shown that the motor deficit in DCD is not restricted to limb control and may be a more general phenomenon that could affect the speech motor system (Ho and Wilmut, 2010). According to Maassen (2002), there is strong evidence that delayed or deviant motor development and perceptual motor learning play a role in many children with childhood apraxia of speech (CAS). Knowing that articulation is a mechanical act executed by the complex speech apparatus, could this potentially mean that children with CAS are a subgroup of children with DCD? Different studies demonstrated that children with CAS had problems with various aspects of nonspeech oral motor function (Tükel, Björelius, Henningsson, McAllister and Eliasson, 2015), as well as balance, aiming and catching (Iuzzini-Siegel, 2019). Further evidences of impaired motor skills could help us understand the underpinnings of CAS.

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