Eliciting end-state comfort planning in children with and without developmental coordination disorder using a hammer task : A pilot study
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Krajenbrink, Hilde, Lust, Jessica Mireille and Steenbergen, Bert. (2021). Eliciting end-state comfort planning in children with and without developmental coordination disorder using a hammer task : A pilot study. Frontiers in Psychology. 12, p. Article 625577. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.625577
Authors | Krajenbrink, Hilde, Lust, Jessica Mireille and Steenbergen, Bert |
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Abstract | The end-state comfort (ESC) effect refers to the consistent tendency of healthy adults to end their movements in a comfortable end posture. In children with and without developmental coordination disorder (DCD), the results of studies focusing on ESC planning have been inconclusive, which is likely to be due to differences in task constraints. The present pilot study focused on the question whether children with and without DCD were able to change their planning strategy and were more likely to plan for ESC when demanded by complex object manipulations at the end of a task. To this end, we examined ESC planning in 18 children with and without DCD (aged 5–11years) using the previously used sword-task and the newly developed hammer-task. In the sword-task, children had to insert a sword in a wooden block, which could be relatively easily completed with an uncomfortable end-posture. In the hammer-task, children had to strike down a nail in a wooden pounding bench, which required additional force and speed demands, making it relatively difficult to complete the movement with an uncomfortable end-posture. In line with our hypothesis, the results demonstrated that children with and without DCD were more likely to plan for ESC on the hammer-task compared with the sword-task. Thus, while children with and without DCD show inconsistent ESC planning on many previously used tasks, the present pilot study shows that many of them are able to take into account the end-state of their movements if demanded by task constraints. |
Keywords | motor planning; end-state comfort; developmental coordination disorder; children; task constraints |
Year | 2021 |
Journal | Frontiers in Psychology |
Journal citation | 12, p. Article 625577 |
Publisher | Frontiers Media S.A. |
ISSN | 1664-1078 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.625577 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85100998171 |
Open access | Published as ‘gold’ (paid) open access |
Research or scholarly | Research |
Page range | 1-6 |
Publisher's version | License File Access Level Open |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 28 Jan 2021 |
Publication process dates | |
Accepted | 06 Jan 2021 |
Deposited | 01 Sep 2021 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8wqy0/eliciting-end-state-comfort-planning-in-children-with-and-without-developmental-coordination-disorder-using-a-hammer-task-a-pilot-study
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