Second-order motor planning difficulties in children with developmental coordination disorder.

Autor: Krajenbrink H; Behavioural Science Institute (BSI), Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands. Electronic address: h.krajenbrink@pwo.ru.nl., Lust JM; Behavioural Science Institute (BSI), Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands., Beckers DGJ; Behavioural Science Institute (BSI), Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands., Steenbergen B; Behavioural Science Institute (BSI), Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Centre for Disability and Development Research (CeDDR), School of Behavioural and Health Sciences, Australian Catholic University, Melbourne, VIC, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Human movement science [Hum Mov Sci] 2021 Oct; Vol. 79, pp. 102836. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Jul 10.
DOI: 10.1016/j.humov.2021.102836
Abstrakt: The second-order motor planning ability of children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) has often been studied using tasks that require judgements of end-state comfort (ESC). In these studies, children may have chosen to prioritize other aspects of performance (e.g., a comfortable start-posture) over ESC while still being able to complete the goal of the task. This is a limitation that is inherent to previously used ESC paradigms. To avoid this in the present study, 52 children with and without DCD (aged 5-12 years) completed a task that requires second-order motor planning for its successful completion. In the hexagonal knob task, children were instructed to grasp and rotate a hexagonal knob. The rotation angle varied in size: 60°, 120°, 180°, and 240° rotations. Both the 180° and 240° rotation conditions required an uncomfortable starting posture for successful task completion. Results showed that children with DCD were less likely to adjust their initial grip in anticipation of the required rotation angle, resulting in more task failures compared with typically developing (TD) children. Based on this finding we conclude that children with DCD experience genuine second-order motor planning difficulties. Analysis of temporal outcomes, showed that initial reaction time increased with rotation angle, but this was less pronounced for children with DCD than for TD children. There were no between group differences in timing of subsequent events. These results suggest that the difficulties of children with DCD are related to the initial planning process, that is, before the start of the movement.
(Copyright © 2021 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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