Treatment of Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: What Is the Evidence?

Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics

Volumn 20, Issue 42038, 2001, Pages 51-68

  Mandich, Angela D ^a   Polatajko, Helene J ^b   Macnab, Jennifer J ^a   Miller, Linda T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

DCD; evidence based practice; intervention

Indexed keywords

APRAXIA; ARTICLE; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISABILITY; DYSPRAXIA; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; HANDICAPPED CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE DISABILITY; LEARNING DISORDER; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPIST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROBLEM SOLVING; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

CHILD; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; HUMANS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0035178740     PISSN: 01942638     EISSN: 15413144     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/J006v20n02_04     Document Type: Article

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