@article{ref1,
title="Motor coordination and emotional-behavioral problems in children",
journal="Current opinion in psychiatry",
year="2010",
author="Cairney, John and Veldhuizen, Scott and Szatmari, P.",
volume="23",
number="4",
pages="324-329",
abstract="PURPOSE OF REVIEW: To summarize recent research on developmental coordination disorder (DCD), with particular attention to comorbidity and related questions of etiology. RECENT FINDINGS: Although a general consensus on the disorder definition exists, case identification in research studies remains problematic. Despite this, recent research has reported high levels of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and internalizing disorders among children with poor motor coordination. These findings offer some support for the longstanding view that DCD may be one facet of a broader syndrome that includes learning difficulties and deficits in attention. 'Pure' cases are common, however, and other work suggests that DCD and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder have distinct causes. There is also some evidence that internalizing disorder may be a consequence of DCD. SUMMARY: Measurement issues in DCD persist, whereas findings on comorbidity have both illuminated the nature of the disorder and heightened debate on its usefulness as a distinct diagnostic entity.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0951-7367",
doi="10.1097/YCO.0b013e32833aa0aa",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0b013e32833aa0aa"
}