Trial reportPloS one2017
Learning better by repetition or variation? Is transfer at odds with task specific training?
Trial report in PloS one, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- International clinical practice recommendations on the definition, diagnosis, assessment, intervention, and psychosocial aspects of developmental coordination disorder.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2019Guideline
- Do video game interventions improve motor outcomes in children with developmental coordination disorder? A systematic review using the ICF framework.BMC pediatrics · 2019Pooled it
- Physically Active Play as a Context for Motor Learning in Children with and Without Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Conceptual Synthesis of Cross-Domain Alignment.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- A case report on the integration of the Monitored Augmented Rehabilitation System in a multidisciplinary rehabilitation program for a pediatric patient with a ruptured arteriovenous malformation.SAGE open medical case reports · 2026Article
- Effects of Wii-Fit games training on motor skills, balance, and agility in children with developmental coordination disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 2025Article
- The Effect of Task-Oriented Basketball Training on Motor Skill-Related Fitness in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Repetitive Sprinting and Running Fatigue in Children with Different Levels of Motor Competence.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Evaluating the impact of virtual reality game training on upper limb motor performance in children and adolescents with developmental coordination disorder: a scoping review using the ICF framework.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- How do paediatric physical therapists teach motor skills to children with Developmental Coordination Disorder? An interview study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Socially interactive agents for robotic neurorehabilitation training: conceptualization and proof-of-concept study.Frontiers in artificial intelligence · 2024Article
- Active Video Games Performance and Heart Rate on the Wii or Kinect in Children with and without Developmental Coordination Disorder.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Children with Poor Motor Skills Have Lower Health-Related Fitness Compared to Typically Developing Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- International clinical practice recommendations on the definition, diagnosis, assessment, intervention, and psychosocial aspects of developmental coordination disorder - Chinese (Mandarin) translation.Developmental medicine and child neurology · 2020Review
- The Prevalence of Left-Handedness Is Higher Among Individuals With Developmental Coordination Disorder Than in the General Population.Frontiers in psychology · 2018Review
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Abstract
objectiveTransfer 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) environment.
methodOne hundred and eleven children with DCD and their typically developing (TD) peers, aged 6-10 years (M = 8.0 SD = 1.0) were randomly assigned to either variable (n = 56) or repetitive practice (n = 55). Participants in the repetitive practice played the same exergame (ski slalom) twice weekly for 20 minutes, over a period of 5 weeks, while those in the variable group played 10 different games. Motor skills such as balance tasks (hopping), running and agility tasks, ball skills and functional activities were evaluated before and after 5 weeks of training.
resultsANOVA repeated measures indicated that both DCD and TD children demonstrated transfer effects to real life skills with identical and non-identical elements at exactly the same rate, irrespective of the type of practice they were assigned to.
conclusionBased on these findings, we conclude that motor skills acquired in the VR environment, transfers to real world contexts in similar proportions for both TD and DCD children. The type of practice adopted does not seem to influence children's ability to transfer skills acquired in an exergame to life situations but the number of identical elements does.
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