Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Pilot Study
| Autor: | Hélène Corriveau, Anne Dumas, Haifa Akremi, Chantal Camden, Raphaël Hamel, Jean-François Lepage |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Cerebellum
medicine.medical_specialty Motor sequence Autism Spectrum Disorder medicine.medical_treatment Pilot Projects Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation 050105 experimental psychology Double blind 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation Double-Blind Method Developmental and Educational Psychology medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Child Neurostimulation Transcranial direct-current stimulation 05 social sciences Sham Intervention medicine.disease Motor Skills Disorders medicine.anatomical_structure Autism Psychology Motor learning 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. 52:3202-3213 |
| ISSN: | 1573-3432 0162-3257 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10803-021-05202-6 |
| Popis: | Evidence-based therapeutic options for children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) are scarce. This work explored the effects of cerebellar anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (atDCS) on three 48 h-apart motor sequence learning and upper limb coordination sessions in children with DCD. The results revealed that, as compared to a Sham intervention (n = 10), cerebellar atDCS (n = 10) did not meaningfully improve execution speed but tended to reduce the number of execution errors during motor sequence learning. However, cerebellar atDCS did neither meaningfully influence offline learning nor upper limb coordination, suggesting that atDCS’ effects are circumscribed to its application duration. These results suggest that cerebellar atDCS could have beneficial effects as a complementary therapeutic tool for children with DCD. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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