Motor Skills Disorders - Psychology
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Monday, November 23, 2009

Children at risk for developmental coordination disorder: judgement of changes in action capabilities.

17 Nov 2009 In three separate manipulations, a group of children at risk for developmental coordination disorder (DCD; five males, seven females; mean age 11y 6mo [SD 6.8mo] who were at or below the 15th centile on the Movement ABC) and a group of typically ... Read more...

Physical fitness in children with high motor competence is different from that in children with low motor competence.

11 Aug 2009 BACKGROUND: Physical therapists often treat children with low motor competence. Earlier studies have demonstrated poor physical fitness outcomes and a reduced level of physical activity for these children compared with their peers with normal motor ... Read more...

Working memory in children with developmental disorders.

18 Apr 2009 The aim of the present study was to directly compare working memory skills across students with different developmental disorders to investigate whether the uniqueness of their diagnosis would impact memory skills. The authors report findings ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Motor Skills Disorders - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Children at risk for developmental coordination disorder: judgement of changes in action capabilities. 17 Nov 2009
• Physical fitness in children with high motor competence is different from that in children with low motor competence. 11 Aug 2009
• Working memory in children with developmental disorders. 18 Apr 2009
• Functional performance of children with developmental coordination disorder at home and at school. 10 Mar 2009
• 'Recognizing problems in movement coordination'. 27 Feb 2009
• Autism spectrum disorder in children with and without epilepsy: impact on social functioning and communication. 25 Jan 2009
• Self-concept is a concept worth considering. 30 Dec 2008
• Self-concept of boys with Developmental Coordination Disorder. 30 Dec 2008
• Helping a man with multiple disabilities increase object-contact responses and reduce hand stereotypy via a microswitch cluster program. 29 Nov 2008
• Stress in parents of children with cerebral palsy: what sources of stress are we talking about? 30 Oct 2008
• Planning actions in autism. 5 Oct 2008
• Association between motor and mental functioning in toddlers with cerebral palsy. 29 Sep 2008
• The importance of parent and child opinion in detecting change in movement capabilities. 29 Sep 2008
• The effects of a motor and a cognitive concurrent task on walking in children with developmental coordination disorder. 19 Sep 2008
• Handwriting as a gauge of cognitive status: a novel forensic tool for posthumous evaluation of testamentary capacity. 18 Sep 2008
• Motor abilities of children diagnosed with fragile X syndrome with and without autism. Sep 2008
• Inhibitory response capacities of bilateral lower and upper extremities in children with developmental coordination disorder in endogenous and exogenous orienting modes. 29 Aug 2008
• Motor function and human immunodeficiency virus-associated cognitive impairment in a highly active antiretroviral therapy-era cohort. 30 Jul 2008
• Dyslexia and developmental co-ordination disorder in further and higher education-similarities and differences. Does the 'label' influence the support given? 30 Jul 2008
• Dysfunction of the attentional brain network in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: a fMRI study. 27 Jul 2008

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Technical information about 'Motor Skills Disorders'

Definition: Marked impairments in the development of motor coordination such that the impairment interferes with activities of daily living. (From DSM-IV, 1994)

Descriptor UI: D019957

Alternative terms: Motor Skills Disorders; Motor Skills Disorder; Developmental Coordination Disorder; Coordination Disorder, Developmental; Developmental Coordination Disorders;

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Tree Number: F03.550.650;

History Note: 98