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Trial reportJournal of autism and developmental disorders2022

Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Pilot Study.

Haifa Akremi, Raphaël Hamel, Anne Dumas, Chantal Camden, Hélène Corriveau, Jean-Francois Lepage

Open access · hybridAbstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 48% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Haifa AkremiSchool of Rehabilitation, Sherbrooke University, 3001-12th Ave. North, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Raphaël HamelDepartment of Pediatrics, Sherbrooke University, 3001-12th Ave. North, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Anne DumasDepartment of Pediatrics, Sherbrooke University, 3001-12th Ave. North, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Chantal CamdenSchool of Rehabilitation, Sherbrooke University, 3001-12th Ave. North, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Hélène CorriveauSchool of Rehabilitation, Sherbrooke University, 3001-12th Ave. North, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada.
Jean-Francois LepageDepartment of Pediatrics, Sherbrooke University, 3001-12th Ave. North, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada. jean-francois.lepage@usherbrooke.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1181-6043
Université de Sherbrooke · CA

Funding

Fonds de Recherche du Québec - Santé 33140Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada RGPIN-2017-05510
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Evidence-based therapeutic options for children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) are scarce. This work explored the effects of cerebellar anodal transcranial direct current stimulation (atDCS) on three 48 h-apart motor sequence learning and upper limb coordination sessions in children with DCD. The results revealed that, as compared to a Sham intervention (n = 10), cerebellar atDCS (n = 10) did not meaningfully improve execution speed but tended to reduce the number of execution errors during motor sequence learning. However, cerebellar atDCS did neither meaningfully influence offline learning nor upper limb coordination, suggesting that atDCS' effects are circumscribed to its application duration. These results suggest that cerebellar atDCS could have beneficial effects as a complementary therapeutic tool for children with DCD.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderMotor Skills DisordersTranscranial Direct Current StimulationCerebellumChildDouble-Blind MethodHumansPilot ProjectsCerebellumMotor learningNeurodevelopmental disordersNeurostimulationTranscranial direct current stimulation (tDCS)

Identifiers

PMID34318430
PMCPMC9213272
OpenAlexW3183616671

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