fundamental motor skills are the bases of special motor skills. in addition tomaturation, environmental promotion can influence these skills. the aim of thisstudy was to investigate and compare the effect of developmental gymnasticinstructional program and spark motor program as motor experiences onfundamental motor skills development in children aged between 6 and 8. for thispurpose, 120 child...

Despite a growing awareness of the prevalence motor differences in autistic community, their functional impact is poorly understood. Social media offers ideal setting to observe this discourse less-contrived than lab-based structured interviews. The aims present study were (a) determine proportion Twitter users who self-identify as and dyspraxic/having developmental coordination disorder, relat...

PURPOSE Infantile esotropia is associated with abnormal visual development and thus may delay the achievement of developmental milestones. Although early surgery can improve visual function, less is known about its effect on motor development. Here we address whether early surgery can improve motor development. METHODS Recently, our lab devised the Infant Developmental Skills Survey, a 25-ite...

Many individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) exhibit motor difficulties, but it is unknown whether manual motor skills improve, plateau, or decline in ASD in the transition from childhood into adulthood. Atypical development of manual motor skills could impact the ability to learn and perform daily activities across the life span. This study examined longitudinal grip strength and finge...

BACKGROUND Periodic screening for developmental delays (DD) could avert the incidence of disability among children. However, such routine programme is yet to take off in rural welfare clinics in Ghana. METHOD Mothers of under-5 children who were attending rural child welfare clinic participated in this study. The socio-demographic data of the mothers and their children were recorded. The chil...

Developmental dyslexia is normally characterised by unexpected problems in learning to read for children of average or above average intelligence. In recent research, however, we have established that dyslexic children also show problems in the gross motor skill of balance1 , 2 and in speed of choice reaction to pure tones, even though their simple reaction speed is normal3. We interpreted the ...

OBJECTIVE Transfer of motor skills is the ultimate goal of motor training in rehabilitation practice. In children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD), very little is known about how skills are transferred from training situations to real life contexts. In this study we examined the influence of two types of practice on transfer of motor skills acquired in a virtual reality (VR) envir...

The current study sought to evaluate the effectiveness of an Australian centre-based early intervention program for children with autism. Outcomes for 10 children with autistic disorder aged between 32 and 65 months of age participating in the AEIOU early intervention program were investigated. Measures of educational, cognitive, and adaptive skills as well as autism symptoms were administered....