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  • Motor control research

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  • Developmental co-ordination disorder (DCD) is a common childhood condition impacting motor tasks essential for daily life.
  • DCD can persist into adolescence and adulthood, affecting self-care, academic, social, and recreational activities.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the effectiveness of task-oriented interventions for children with DCD.
  • To examine how age, sex, DCD severity, and intervention type/intensity influence outcomes.

Main Methods:

  • Systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) and quasi-RCTs.
  • Included children aged 4-18 with DCD, comparing task-oriented interventions to control groups.
  • Assessed motor function, psychosocial aspects, activity, and participation.

Main Results:

  • Task-oriented interventions showed a small benefit in motor performance in some analyses (very low to low-quality evidence).
  • Meta-analyses yielded conflicting results regarding motor performance improvement.
  • No adverse effects were reported in the included studies.

Conclusions:

  • Current evidence for task-oriented interventions in DCD is limited and of very low quality.
  • Findings are inconsistent with previous reviews, necessitating carefully designed RCTs.
  • Further high-quality research is crucial to establish the efficacy of interventions for DCD.