DCD Flashcards
DCD dx based on
- motor impairments/delay impacting ability to perform age appropriate complex motor activities
- adequate opportunities for experience an practice have been provided
- no other explanation can be offered for motor impairment
DCD w/out intervention
- poor social, academic, physical competence
- social isolation
- poor behavior
- low self esteem
- decreased physical activity
DCD sensory/perceptual deficits
- visual spatial processing and memory
- visual feedback processed more slowly
- deficient kinesthetic processing
- poor proprioceptive function
- strong reliance on visual feedback to guide task performance
CDC motor deficits
- awkward and slow w/ rigid, jerky
- bump into objects/ people
- trip and fall
- poor balance, especially w/ SLS
- decreased muscle tone
- neuro soft signs
DCD motor control deficits
ineffective neuromuscular strategies (sequencing and activation)
stabilizing at joints
DCD motor learning deficits
- limited movement repertoires
- poor adaptability
- unable to correct movement patterns through error detection or feedback
- difficultly adapting to situation demands
DCD secondary physical impairments
fatigue
decrease strength and power
obesity
DCD secondary social impairmets
quiet/withdrawn at school avoidance of school work acting out in class low frustration tolerance decreased motivation poor self esteem poor task imitation and completion
DCD pathophys cerebellum -
studies show lack of automatization of motor tasks when attentional demands increase
poor adaptations of motor performance to changes in environmental context
DCD pathophys posterior parietal cortex
impaired feed forward mechanism and motor imagery deficits
DCD activity limitations
self care handwriting delays in riding a tricycleor bicylce poorly coordinated running, skipping, hopping jumping difficulty negotaintg stairs
developmental coordination disorder questionnaire
measures functional impact of motor coordination difficulties
DCDQ age
5-15yo
little DCDQ-CA
assessing motor skills in home and preach enviro as well as during play
little DCDQCA age
3-4yo