Effectiveness of Neuromotor Task Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Pilot Study
The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a Neuromotor Task Training (NTT), recently developed for the treatment of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) by pediatric physical therapists in the Netherlands. NTT is a task-oriented treatment program based upon...
Saved in:
| Main Authors: | , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Wiley
2003-01-01
|
| Series: | Neural Plasticity |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/NP.2003.155 |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
| _version_ | 1832545471836454912 |
|---|---|
| author | M. M. Schoemaker A. S. Niemeijer K. Reynders B. C. M. Smits-Engelsman |
| author_facet | M. M. Schoemaker A. S. Niemeijer K. Reynders B. C. M. Smits-Engelsman |
| author_sort | M. M. Schoemaker |
| collection | DOAJ |
| description | The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate
the effectiveness of a Neuromotor Task
Training (NTT), recently developed for the
treatment of children with Developmental
Coordination Disorder (DCD) by pediatric
physical therapists in the Netherlands. NTT is
a task-oriented treatment program based
upon recent insights from motor control and
motor learning research. Ten children with
DCD (intervention group) were tested before
and after 9 and 18 treatment sessions on the
Movement ABC and a dysgraphia scale in
order to measure the effectiveness of
treatment on gross and fine motor skills in
general and handwriting in particular. Five
children (no-treatment control group) were
tested twice with a time lag of nine weeks on
the Movement ABC in order to measure
spontaneous improvement. No improvement
was measured for the children in the notreatment
control group, whereas a significant
improvement was found for children in the
intervention group for both quality of
handwriting and performance on the
Movement ABC after 18 treatment sessions. |
| format | Article |
| id | doaj-art-cf54d4a8c561474393416c9f0883835f |
| institution | Kabale University |
| issn | 2090-5904 1687-5443 |
| language | English |
| publishDate | 2003-01-01 |
| publisher | Wiley |
| record_format | Article |
| series | Neural Plasticity |
| spelling | doaj-art-cf54d4a8c561474393416c9f0883835f2025-02-03T07:25:47ZengWileyNeural Plasticity2090-59041687-54432003-01-01101-215516310.1155/NP.2003.155Effectiveness of Neuromotor Task Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Pilot StudyM. M. Schoemaker0A. S. Niemeijer1K. Reynders2B. C. M. Smits-Engelsman3Institute of Human Movement Sciences, University of Groningen, PO Box 196, Groningen 9700 AD, The NetherlandsInstitute of Human Movement Sciences, University of Groningen, PO Box 196, Groningen 9700 AD, The NetherlandsInstitute of Human Movement Sciences, University of Groningen, PO Box 196, Groningen 9700 AD, The NetherlandsNijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information, Nijmegen University, The NetherlandsThe aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a Neuromotor Task Training (NTT), recently developed for the treatment of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) by pediatric physical therapists in the Netherlands. NTT is a task-oriented treatment program based upon recent insights from motor control and motor learning research. Ten children with DCD (intervention group) were tested before and after 9 and 18 treatment sessions on the Movement ABC and a dysgraphia scale in order to measure the effectiveness of treatment on gross and fine motor skills in general and handwriting in particular. Five children (no-treatment control group) were tested twice with a time lag of nine weeks on the Movement ABC in order to measure spontaneous improvement. No improvement was measured for the children in the notreatment control group, whereas a significant improvement was found for children in the intervention group for both quality of handwriting and performance on the Movement ABC after 18 treatment sessions.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/NP.2003.155 |
| spellingShingle | M. M. Schoemaker A. S. Niemeijer K. Reynders B. C. M. Smits-Engelsman Effectiveness of Neuromotor Task Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Pilot Study Neural Plasticity |
| title | Effectiveness of Neuromotor Task Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Pilot Study |
| title_full | Effectiveness of Neuromotor Task Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Pilot Study |
| title_fullStr | Effectiveness of Neuromotor Task Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Pilot Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effectiveness of Neuromotor Task Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Pilot Study |
| title_short | Effectiveness of Neuromotor Task Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Pilot Study |
| title_sort | effectiveness of neuromotor task training for children with developmental coordination disorder a pilot study |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/NP.2003.155 |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT mmschoemaker effectivenessofneuromotortasktrainingforchildrenwithdevelopmentalcoordinationdisorderapilotstudy AT asniemeijer effectivenessofneuromotortasktrainingforchildrenwithdevelopmentalcoordinationdisorderapilotstudy AT kreynders effectivenessofneuromotortasktrainingforchildrenwithdevelopmentalcoordinationdisorderapilotstudy AT bcmsmitsengelsman effectivenessofneuromotortasktrainingforchildrenwithdevelopmentalcoordinationdisorderapilotstudy |