The efficacy of two task-orientated interventions for children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: Neuromotor Task Training and Nintendo Wii Fit training

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2449-2461

  Ferguson, G D ^a,b   Jelsma, D ^c   Jelsma, J ^a   Smits Engelsman, B C M ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^d AVANS UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Developmental Coordination Disorder; Intervention; Motor coordination; Movement ABC 2; Physiotherapy; South Africa; Task oriented training

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC CAPACITY; ANAEROBIC CAPACITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYNAMOMETRY; FEMALE; FIT TRAINING; FITNESS; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HUMAN; ISOMETRICS; MALE; MEDICAL PROCEDURES; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSCLE STRENGTH; NEUROMOTOR TASK TRAINING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE; THERAPY EFFECT; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER; INTERVENTION; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOVEMENT ABC-2; PHYSIOTHERAPY; SOUTH AFRICA; TASK ORIENTED TRAINING;

CHILD; DISABILITY EVALUATION; EXERCISE THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOMETRIC CONTRACTION; MALE; MOTOR SKILLS; MOTOR SKILLS DISORDERS; MUSCLE STRENGTH; PHYSICAL FITNESS; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIDEO GAMES;

EID: 84879311000     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: 18733379     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2013.05.007     Document Type: Article

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