TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2010//
TI  - Motor coordination and emotional-behavioral problems in children
JO  - Current opinion in psychiatry
A1  - Cairney, John
A1  - Veldhuizen, Scott
A1  - Szatmari, P.
SP  - 324
EP  - 329
VL  - 23
IS  - 4
N2  - 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>
LA  - en
SN  - 0951-7367
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/YCO.0b013e32833aa0aa
ID  - ref1
ER  -