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Marie Farmer1, Bernard Echenne1, Regen Drouin2
1Department of Nuclear Medicine and Radiobiology, 3001, 12th Avenue North, Sherbrooke (Qc) J1H 5N4. Canada.
Current Pediatric Reviews
|July 27, 2017
Summary
Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) presents motor, perceptual, and executive challenges. Further research into genetic factors may explain its prevalence and varied presentations.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Developmental Psychology
- Pediatrics
Background:
- Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) affects nearly 6% of the population.
- DCD can be misdiagnosed as ADHD or intellectual deficiency.
- It involves neurological impairment originating in childhood.
Purpose of the Study:
- To review DCD's characteristics, physiology, and assessments.
- To provide an overview of functional studies on DCD.
- To discuss proposed management strategies for DCD.
Main Methods:
- Literature review of DCD studies.
- Analysis of physiological and clinical data.
- Examination of functional imaging findings.
Main Results:
- DCD involves fine motor, perceptual-visual, and executive difficulties.
- These challenges emerge in childhood and persist into adulthood.
- Categorizing DCD subtypes and pinpointing specific cerebral deficits remains challenging.
Conclusions:
- A single explanation for DCD is elusive due to complex cerebral involvement.
- Further research into genetic and epigenetic factors is warranted.
- Understanding DCD's prevalence requires exploring its multifactorial origins.
Keywords:
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