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1Abteilung Entwicklungspädiatrie, Kinderspital Zürich. oskar.jenni@kispi.uzh.ch
Therapeutische Umschau. Revue Therapeutique
|August 2, 2012
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This article covers motor development in children and adolescents, outlining new guidelines for developmental coordination disorder (DCD). It details DCD
Area of Science:
- Pediatric motor development
- Clinical practice guidelines
- Developmental coordination disorder
Context:
- Normal motor development trajectory from school-age to adolescence.
- Emerging interdisciplinary clinical practice guidelines for DCD.
- Need for standardized approaches in DCD diagnosis and management.
Purpose:
- To describe typical motor development in children and adolescents.
- To summarize recent interdisciplinary clinical practice guidelines for DCD.
- To provide a framework for understanding and addressing DCD.
Summary:
- Details the stages of motor skill acquisition in healthy children.
- Explains the definition, etiology, and diagnostic criteria for DCD.
- Outlines assessment methods and intervention strategies for DCD.
Impact:
- Informs clinicians and researchers on DCD.
- Promotes early identification and effective management of DCD.
- Supports evidence-based practice in pediatric motor disorders.
Abstract:
This article describes the motor development of normal healthy children from school-age through adolescence and summarizes the recently published interdisciplinary clinical practice guidelines for the definition, origin, diagnosis, assessment and intervention of developmental coordination disorder (DCD).
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