Motor imagery training improves motor performance in DCD, with children showing the most severe initial motor deficits benefiting the most¶

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Evidence · 1 study (2 entries) · review r2 · q2
Currency · newest study 2019 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q2 i? Wilson et al found MABC scores of children receiving motor imagery training improved significantly, matching a perceptual-motor rehabilitation group, and the most severely affected children (scores <1st percentile) benefited most. → Biotteau M 2019 q2 i? Adams et al's pilot study comparing a new MI training protocol with CO-OP demonstrated feasibility of a theoretically principled MI training protocol for children with DCD. → Biotteau M 2019 (2)

Evidence¶

Biotteau M 2019¶

Biotteau M, Danna J, Baudou É, Puyjarinet F, Velay J-L, Albaret J-M, Chaix Y. (2019). Developmental coordination disorder and dysgraphia: signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and rehabilitation. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S120514

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The review reports, citing Wilson et al, that children receiving MI training showed "the same significant improvement" in MABC scores as a perceptual-motor rehabilitation group, and that children with initial scores <1st percentile benefited most. No effect size is printed.

"Wilson et al found that the MABC scores of children who received MI training underwent the same significant improvement as those of children in another intervention group who were given perceptual-motor rehabilitation.77,78 Moreover, the children who exhibited the most severe motor deficits in the initial assessment (scores <1st percentile) were those who benefited the most from MI training."

Biotteau M 2019 (2)¶

Biotteau M, Danna J, Baudou É, Puyjarinet F, Velay J-L, Albaret J-M, Chaix Y. (2019). Developmental coordination disorder and dysgraphia: signs and symptoms, diagnosis, and rehabilitation. Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment. https://doi.org/10.2147/NDT.S120514

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The review describes Adams et al's pilot study comparing a new MI training protocol with CO-OP, nine sessions each with home exercises, demonstrating "feasibility of a theoretically principled treatment protocol for MI training in children with DCD".

"In a pilot study, Adams et al compared a new MI training protocol with CO-OP.79 Each group underwent nine sessions, with exercises to do at home. Results demonstrated the “feasibility of a theoretically principled treatment protocol for MI training in children with DCD”"

Discussion¶

Related Claims¶

• Motor skill interventions for DCD improve motor, cognitive, and emotional outcomes, with dose (duration and frequency) influencing treatment effects and interventions of at least 9 weeks tending to be more effective — a broader claim this one bears on
• DCD prevalence estimates range from 1.8% to 6.9% with a male predominance of 2:1 to 3:1, and the disorder persists into adulthood for 30–70% of those diagnosed as children — related
• Process-oriented (bottom-up) therapies for DCD show weak or null effects, while task-oriented approaches are effective in improving motor performance — related