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Static balance in children with hand-eye co-ordination problems
1Research Group for Child Development, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Child: Care, Health and Development
|November 18, 2003
Summary
Children with hand-eye coordination problems (HECP) exhibit poorer static balance, particularly on their non-preferred leg in specific tasks. This highlights potential developmental coordination disorder impacts on motor skills.
Area of Science:
- Developmental psychology
- Motor control
- Pediatric neurology
Background:
- Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) affects motor skills in children.
- Hand-eye coordination problems (HECP) are often associated with DCD.
- Static balance is a crucial motor skill for childhood development.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate static one-leg balance in children with and without HECP.
- To understand the relationship between HECP and balance deficits.
- To contribute to the understanding of DCD in children.
Main Methods:
- Compared static one-leg balance in 10-year-old children with and without HECP.
- Utilized three distinct balance tasks (stork stand, balance on beam, one-board balance).
- Systematically manipulated visual input during balance tasks.
Main Results:
- Children with HECP showed significantly worse performance on balance beam and one-board tasks, regardless of leg preference.
- Differences were primarily linked to the non-preferred leg in the stork stand task with vision.
- Control groups generally outperformed HECP groups across most conditions.
Conclusions:
- HECP significantly impacts static balance abilities in children.
- Performance deficits may relate to hemispheric development affecting preferred and non-preferred leg control.
- Further research into neurological underpinnings of DCD and motor control is warranted.