Action planning and position sense in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
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Adams, Imke L. J., Ferguson, Gillian D., Lust, Jessica M., Steenbergen, Bert and Smits-Engelsman, Bouwein C. M.. (2016). Action planning and position sense in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder. Human Movement Science. 46, pp. 196 - 208. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2016.01.006
Authors | Adams, Imke L. J., Ferguson, Gillian D., Lust, Jessica M., Steenbergen, Bert and Smits-Engelsman, Bouwein C. M. |
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Abstract | The present study examined action planning and position sense in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Participants performed two action planning tasks, the sword task and the bar grasping task, and an active elbow matching task to examine position sense. Thirty children were included in the DCD group (aged 6–10 years) and age-matched to 90 controls. The DCD group had a MABC-2 total score ⩽5th percentile, the control group a total score ⩾25th percentile. Results from the sword-task showed that children with DCD planned less for end-state comfort. On the bar grasping task no significant differences in planning for end-state comfort between the DCD and control group were found. There was also no significant difference in the position sense error between the groups. The present study shows that children with DCD plan less for end-state comfort, but that this result is task-dependent and becomes apparent when more precision is needed at the end of the task. In that respect, the sword-task appeared to be a more sensitive task to assess action planning abilities, than the bar grasping task. The action planning deficit in children with DCD cannot be explained by an impaired position sense during active movements. |
Keywords | Developmental Coordination Disorder; action planning; end-state comfort; position sense; proprioception |
Year | 2016 |
Journal | Human Movement Science |
Journal citation | 46, pp. 196 - 208 |
Publisher | Elsevier |
ISSN | 0167-9457 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.humov.2016.01.006 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-84954308877 |
Page range | 196 - 208 |
Publisher's version | File Access Level Controlled |
Place of publication | Netherlands |
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