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Trial reportScientific reports2016

Task-Specific Balance Training Improves the Sensory Organisation of Balance Control in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Randomised Controlled Trial.

Shirley S M Fong, X Guo, Karen P Y Liu, W Y Ki, Lobo H T Louie, Raymond C K Chung, Duncan J Macfarlane

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Trial report in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 25 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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7 authors.

Shirley S M FongInstitute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
X GuoDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong.
Karen P Y LiuSchool of Science and Health (Occupational Therapy), University of Western Sydney, NSW, Australia.
W Y KiInstitute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.
Lobo H T LouieDepartment of Physical Education, Hong Kong Baptist University, Kowloon Tong, Hong Kong.
Raymond C K ChungDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Hong Kong.
Duncan J MacfarlaneInstitute of Human Performance, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Sensory organisation of balance control is compromised in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). A randomised controlled trial involving 88 children with DCD was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of a task-specific balance training (functional-movement training, FMT) programme in improving balance deficits in a DCD population. The DCD participants were randomly assigned to either a FMT group or a control group. The FMT group received two training sessions/ week for 3 months. Measurements of the participants' sensory organisation (somatosensory, vestibular and visual ratios), balance and motor proficiency (Movement Assessment Battery for Children, MABC scores) and center of pressure sway velocity (Unilateral Stance Test, UST scores) were taken at baseline, immediately after FMT and 3 months after FMT. The FMT group showed greater improvements than the controls in somatosensory ratio at 3 and 6 months (all P < 0.001), but the within-group changes were not significant (P > 0.05). The results of both the MABC and the UST also indicated that the balance performance of the FMT group was significantly better than that of the control group at 3 and 6 months (all P < 0.05). Task-specific balance training was found to marginally improve the somatosensory function and somewhat improve the balance performance of children with DCD.

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Postural BalanceChildExercise TherapyFemaleHumansMaleMotor ActivityMotor SkillsMotor Skills DisordersTreatment Outcome

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PMID26864309
PMCPMC4750073

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