Interlimb Coordination and Auditory—Motor Synchronization in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder

Examining Antiphase Knee Movements with Auditory Metronomes While Seated

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ID15719018
AuthorsMieke Goetschalckx (0000-0003-1633-1448, Hasselt University, corresponding author), Lousin Moumdjian (0000-0003-4973-5190, Ghent University), Eugene Rameckers (0000-0001-6661-6500, Maastricht University), Peter Feys (0000-0002-5680-5495, Hasselt University)
Year2024
Volume11
Issue10
Pages1195-1195
Publication date2024-09-29
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueChildren (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2227-9067 • E-ISSN: 2227-9067
PublisherMultidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute (PUBLISHER • CH)
DOI10.3390/children11101195
PMID39457161
OpenAlexW4402988666
LanguageEN
References cited80

Background: Children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) exhibit reduced interlimb coordination compared to typically developing children (TDC) during complex tasks like running, which requires dynamic postural control. However, the extent of interlimb coordination difficulties in DCD during tasks that demand minimal dynamic balance, such as self-paced and externally auditory-paced tasks, remains unclear. This study aimed to compare interlimb coordination and auditory-motor synchronization between children with DCD and TDC during a seated antiphase coordination task of the lower limbs, which has minimal postural control requirements. Methods: Twenty-one children with DCD and 22 TDC performed an antiphase knee flexion and extension task while seated, in three conditions (baseline silence, metronome discrete, and metronome continuous), for three minutes. The interlimb coordination, synchronization, and spatiotemporal movement parameters were analyzed using a mixed model analysis; Results: Children with DCD displayed less coordinated interlimb movements compared to TDC ( p = 0.0140), which was the result of the greater variability in coordinating antiphase knee flexion-extension movements ( p p = 0.0155). Discrete metronomes enhanced interlimb coordination compared to the baseline silence condition ( p = 0.0046); Conclusions: The study highlights an inferior interlimb coordination and auditory-motor synchronization in children with DCD compared to TDC. Implementing metronomes with a discrete temporal structure improved the interlimb coordination of both groups during the used fundamental seated interlimb coordination task, supporting theorical frameworks of event-based timing

Audiology · Balance (ability · Metronome · Motor Control · Motor coordination · Physical medicine and rehabilitation · Rhythm · Synchronization (alternating current · Task (project management · Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders · Children's Physical and Motor Development · Computer Science · Engineering · Infant Development and Preterm Care · Medicine · Neuroscience · Psychology

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