@article{ref1,
title="Effectiveness of neuromotor task training for children with developmental coordination disorder: a pilot study",
journal="Neural plasticity",
year="2003",
author="Schoemaker, M. M. and Niemeijer, Anuschka S. and Reynders, K. and Smits-Engelsman, B. C. M.",
volume="10",
number="1-2",
pages="155-163",
abstract="The aim of this pilot study was to evaluate the effectiveness of a Neuromotor Task Training (NTT), recently developed for the treatment of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) by pediatric physical therapists in the Netherlands. NTT is a task-oriented treatment program based upon recent insights from motor control and motor learning research. Ten children with DCD (intervention group) were tested before and after 9 and 18 treatment sessions on the Movement ABC and a dysgraphia scale in order to measure the effectiveness of treatment on gross and fine motor skills in general and handwriting in particular. Five children (no-treatment control group) were tested twice with a time lag of nine weeks on the Movement ABC in order to measure spontaneous improvement. No improvement was measured for the children in the no-treatment control group, whereas a significant improvement was found for children in the intervention group for both quality of handwriting and performance on the Movement ABC after 18 treatment sessions.<p /><p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2090-5904",
doi="10.1155/NP.2003.155",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/NP.2003.155"
}