TY - JOUR

T1 - The nature of coordination and control problems in children with developmental coordination disorder during ball catching

T2 - A systematic review

AU - Derikx, Dagmar F A A

AU - Schoemaker, Marina M

N1 - Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

PY - 2020/12

Y1 - 2020/12

N2 - The aim of this review was to examine what is presently known about the nature of motor coordination and control problems in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) during ball catching and to provide directions for future research. A systematic literature search was conducted using four electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO and Web of Science), which identified 15 eligible studies. The results of the included studies were discussed, structured around the target population characteristics, the task used to measure motor coordination and control aspects, and the type of outcome. Children with DCD experience difficulties with both motor coordination and control during ball catching. They have been suggested to apply four compensation strategies to overcome these difficulties: a later initiation of the reaching phase, an earlier initiation of the grasping phase, a higher degree of coupling of the joints both intraand inter-limb, and fixating the joints. However, despite these compensation strategies, children with DCD still caught fewer balls than typically developing children in all studies. This was especially due to a higher amount of grasping errors, which indicates a problem with the timing of the grasping phase. Directions for future research and practical implications were discussed.

AB - The aim of this review was to examine what is presently known about the nature of motor coordination and control problems in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) during ball catching and to provide directions for future research. A systematic literature search was conducted using four electronic databases (PubMed, Embase, PsycINFO and Web of Science), which identified 15 eligible studies. The results of the included studies were discussed, structured around the target population characteristics, the task used to measure motor coordination and control aspects, and the type of outcome. Children with DCD experience difficulties with both motor coordination and control during ball catching. They have been suggested to apply four compensation strategies to overcome these difficulties: a later initiation of the reaching phase, an earlier initiation of the grasping phase, a higher degree of coupling of the joints both intraand inter-limb, and fixating the joints. However, despite these compensation strategies, children with DCD still caught fewer balls than typically developing children in all studies. This was especially due to a higher amount of grasping errors, which indicates a problem with the timing of the grasping phase. Directions for future research and practical implications were discussed.

KW - DCD

KW - Ball catching

KW - Degrees of freedom problem

KW - Coordination pattern

KW - Childhood development

KW - MOVEMENT COORDINATION

KW - TASK CONSTRAINTS

KW - BOYS

KW - PERFORMANCE

KW - ADOLESCENTS

KW - SKILLS

KW - GRASP

U2 - 10.1016/j.humov.2020.102688

DO - 10.1016/j.humov.2020.102688

M3 - Review article

C2 - 33049460

VL - 74

SP - 1

EP - 13

JO - Human Movement Science

JF - Human Movement Science

SN - 0167-9457

M1 - 102688

ER -