TY - JOUR
T1 - Position Sense Dysfunction Affects Proximal and Distal Arm Joints in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
AU - Tseng, Yu Ting
AU - Tsai, Chia Liang
AU - Chen, Fu Chen
AU - Konczak, Jürgen
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by a doctoral dissertation research grant from the Center for Translational Sensory Science at the University of Minnesota to YT, by research development funds of JK, CT and FC
Funding Information:
The wrist manipulandum was developed at Human Sensorimotor Control Lab by JK and staff. We sincerely thank the staff and the children of Hanmin Elementary School in Kaohsiung, Taiwan for their support and participation. This study was supported by a doctoral dissertation research grant from the Center for Translational Sensory Science at the University of Minnesota to YT, by research development funds of JK, CT and FC
Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2019/1/2
Y1 - 2019/1/2
N2 - It is unclear, whether proprioceptive dysfunction in developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is localized affecting only specific joints or whether it is generalized affecting proximal and distal joints. Thus, this study assessed position sense acuity at the elbow and wrist in twenty children with DCD (age: 9–11 yrs.) using a joint position matching paradigm. Position sense bias (systematic error) at either joint was not significantly higher in DCD children when compared to typically developing children (TD). However, DCD children exhibited significantly lower position sense precision (random error) than TD children at both elbow and wrist. That is, response reliability to proprioceptive stimuli is altered in DCD. Our findings are consistent with a view that proprioceptive dysfunction in DCD is generalized in nature.
AB - It is unclear, whether proprioceptive dysfunction in developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is localized affecting only specific joints or whether it is generalized affecting proximal and distal joints. Thus, this study assessed position sense acuity at the elbow and wrist in twenty children with DCD (age: 9–11 yrs.) using a joint position matching paradigm. Position sense bias (systematic error) at either joint was not significantly higher in DCD children when compared to typically developing children (TD). However, DCD children exhibited significantly lower position sense precision (random error) than TD children at both elbow and wrist. That is, response reliability to proprioceptive stimuli is altered in DCD. Our findings are consistent with a view that proprioceptive dysfunction in DCD is generalized in nature.
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U2 - 10.1080/00222895.2017.1415200
DO - 10.1080/00222895.2017.1415200
M3 - Article
C2 - 29283794
AN - SCOPUS:85039545890
SN - 0022-2895
VL - 51
SP - 49
EP - 58
JO - Journal of Motor Behavior
JF - Journal of Motor Behavior
IS - 1
ER -