Journal article
Learning a novel rhythmic stepping task in children with probable developmental coordination disorder
Clinical biomechanics (Bristol), v 102, 105904
01 Feb 2023
PMID: 36764101
Abstract
Background: Developmental coordination disorder affects approximately 6% of children, interfering with participation in physical activity and can persist through adulthood. However, no studies have investigated the neuromotor mechanisms of learning of a novel task with rhythmic cueing.
Methods: Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2nd edition was used to identify 48 children with probable developmental coordination disorder (13.9 +/- 0.05 yrs., 27% male) and 37 typically developed (13.9 +/- 0.10 yrs., 54% male). While instrumented with an inertial measurement unit, both groups performed a novel rhythmic stepping task and with a concurrent auditory stroop test (dual-task), underwent seven weeks of intervention with step training with rhythmic cuing and were tested for retention five weeks post-intervention.
Findings: Initially, the group with probable developmental coordination disorder had a higher variability of step timing (coefficient of variation: 0.08 +/- 0.003-typically developed - 0.09 +/- 0.004-probable developmental co-ordination disorder, p < 0.05) and a frequency of peak power spectral density further from the target 0.5 Hz (0.50 +/- 0.002 Hz-typically developed - 0.51 +/- 0.003 Hz-probable developmental coordination disorder, p < 0.05), and were more affected by the dual-task: power spectral density at 0.5 Hz (-7.2 +/- 3.3%-typically developed --13.4 +/- 4.6%-prob_DCD, p < 0.05) and stroop test errors (6.4 +/- 1.1%-typically developed --11.1 +/- 2.4%-probable developmental coordination disorder, p < 0.05). The intervention led to similar improvements in both groups in coefficient of variation of step timing (0.12 +/- 0.01-Pre - 0.07 +/- 0.002-Post, p < 0.05), frequency of the peak power spectral density (0.51 +/- 0.005 Hz-Pre - 0.50 +/- 0.001 Hz-Post, p < 0.05) and relative power spectral density bandpower (3.2 +/- 0.2%-Pre - 5.9 +/- 0.3%-Post, p < 0.05). All improvements were retained after five weeks post-training.
Interpretation: Rhythmic cueing shows strong promise for enhancing motor learning in children with probable developmental coordination disorder.
Trial registration: Retrospectively registered on ClinicalTrials.gov with reference: NCT03150784
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- Title
- Learning a novel rhythmic stepping task in children with probable developmental coordination disorder
- Creators
- Mario Inacio - Oxford Brookes UniversityPatrick Esser - Oxford Brookes UniversityBenjamin David Weedon - Oxford Brookes UniversityShawn Joshi - Drexel University, School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health SystemsAndy Meaney - Oxford Brookes UniversityAnne Delextrat - Oxford Brookes UniversityDaniella Springett - Oxford Brookes UniversitySteve Kemp - Oxford Brookes UniversityTomas Ward - National University of Ireland, MaynoothHooshang Izadi - Oxford Brookes UniversityHeidi Johansen-Berg - University of OxfordHelen Dawes - University of Exeter
- Publication Details
- Clinical biomechanics (Bristol), v 102, 105904
- Publisher
- Elsevier
- Number of pages
- 9
- Grant note
- NIHR Exeter Biomedical Research Centre, University of Exeter Elizabeth Carsson Trust F30HD103527 / Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development of the National Institutes of Health Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Oxford Biomedical Research Centre (BRC) 203139/Z/16/Z; 110027/Z/15/Z / Wellcome Trust GN2445 / Action Medical Research and the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy 110027/Z/15/Z / Wellcome Trust
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- School of Biomedical Engineering, Science, and Health Systems
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000944684800001
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85147604465
- Other Identifier
- 991021861168704721
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