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Title: | Insights on action observation and imitation abilities in children with Developmental Coordination Disorder and typically developing children | Authors: | Bieber, Eleonora Smits-Engelsman, Bouwien C. M. Sgandurra, Giuseppina Martini, Giada Guzzetta, Andrea Cioni, Giovanni Feys, Hilde KLINGELS, Katrijn |
Issue Date: | 2023 | Publisher: | PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD | Source: | RESEARCH IN DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES, 139 (Art N° 104556) | Abstract: | Background: Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) face difficulties in motor learning. Action observation and imitation are strategies frequently used to teach motor skills.Aims: (1) To study action observation and imitation abilities in children with DCD compared with typically developing peers with a new protocol. (2) To gain insights in the relation between action observation, imitation, motor performance and activities of daily living (ADL).Method: Twenty-one children with DCD (mean age 7 years 9 months, range 6-10 years) and 20 age-matched controls (mean age 7 years 8 months, range 6-10 years) were included. A newly developed protocol was used for testing action observation and imitation proficiency. Motor performance were evaluated with the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2. ADL were investigated with DCD Questionnaire'07.Results: Children with DCD presented significantly lower action observation (p = .037) and imitation abilities (p < .001) than peers. Worse action observation and imitation abilities were related to lower motor performance and ADL skills and a younger age. Non-meaningful gestures imitation proficiency had predictive value for global motor performance (p = .009), manual dexterity (p = .02) and ADL (p = .004).Conclusions: The new protocol for action observation and imitation abilities can be helpful for detecting motor learning difficulties and for delineating new opportunities for motor teaching approaches in children with DCD. | Notes: | Bieber, E (corresponding author), IRCCS Fdn Stella Maris, Dept Dev Neurosci, Pisa, Italy. e.bieber@fsm.unipi.it |
Keywords: | action observation;imitation abilities;motor learning;motor teaching;developmental coordination disorder | Document URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/1942/40643 | ISSN: | 0891-4222 | e-ISSN: | 1873-3379 | DOI: | 10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104556 | ISI #: | 001023802200001 | Rights: | 2023 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. | Category: | A1 | Type: | Journal Contribution |
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