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Conference Paper: Martial Art Practice to Improve Balance Performance in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Review
Title | Martial Art Practice to Improve Balance Performance in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Review |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | The Singapore Physiotherapy Association (SPA). |
Citation | Singapore-International Physiotherapy Congress, Singapore, 1-4 May 2014. In Singapore-International Physiotherapy Congress, Abstract Book, 2014, p. 70 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Background: Developmental coordination
disorder (DCD) is a common motor dysfunction
affecting primary school-aged children worldwide.
Children with DCD were shown to be below their
normal counterparts in their standing balance
performance, in their ability to integrate visual and
vestibular inputs for postural control, in their speed
of muscle force production, and in their motor
strategy used to maintain body balance under
conflicting sensory conditions. These problems
require special attention because any impairment
in postural control may limit the child’s participation
in daily activities and therefore affect their motor
skill development.
Objective: This review article aims to investigate
the effects of martial arts training on postural
control in children with DCD.
Methods: A search of literature on electronic
media was performed and two papers with
relevance to the topic were reviewed.
Results: Training in martial arts such as
Taekwondo (TKD) has been reported to improve
balance control in children with DCD. Previous
studies showed that three-month specific TKD
intervention can improve visual and vestibular
functions and knee muscular strength among
DCD-affected children. These physiological
improvements were associated with improved
balance performance in this particular group of
children after short-term TKD training.
Conclusion(s): Therefore, clinicians can suggest
TKD exercise as a combined therapeutic-leisure
activity to improve sensory organization, muscular
strength and balance control in children with DCD. |
Description | Enhancing Health through Physiotherapy – 50 years and beyond Poster Session: Paediatrics and Women’s Health Fulltext of the abstract in: http://www.sipcongress.org/files/SIPC_2014_Abstract_E-Book.pdf |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/198299 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Fong, SM | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-06-25T03:00:01Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2014-06-25T03:00:01Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Singapore-International Physiotherapy Congress, Singapore, 1-4 May 2014. In Singapore-International Physiotherapy Congress, Abstract Book, 2014, p. 70 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/198299 | - |
dc.description | Enhancing Health through Physiotherapy – 50 years and beyond | - |
dc.description | Poster Session: Paediatrics and Women’s Health | - |
dc.description | Fulltext of the abstract in: http://www.sipcongress.org/files/SIPC_2014_Abstract_E-Book.pdf | - |
dc.description.abstract | Background: Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a common motor dysfunction affecting primary school-aged children worldwide. Children with DCD were shown to be below their normal counterparts in their standing balance performance, in their ability to integrate visual and vestibular inputs for postural control, in their speed of muscle force production, and in their motor strategy used to maintain body balance under conflicting sensory conditions. These problems require special attention because any impairment in postural control may limit the child’s participation in daily activities and therefore affect their motor skill development. Objective: This review article aims to investigate the effects of martial arts training on postural control in children with DCD. Methods: A search of literature on electronic media was performed and two papers with relevance to the topic were reviewed. Results: Training in martial arts such as Taekwondo (TKD) has been reported to improve balance control in children with DCD. Previous studies showed that three-month specific TKD intervention can improve visual and vestibular functions and knee muscular strength among DCD-affected children. These physiological improvements were associated with improved balance performance in this particular group of children after short-term TKD training. Conclusion(s): Therefore, clinicians can suggest TKD exercise as a combined therapeutic-leisure activity to improve sensory organization, muscular strength and balance control in children with DCD. | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | The Singapore Physiotherapy Association (SPA). | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Singapore-International Physiotherapy Congress | en_US |
dc.title | Martial Art Practice to Improve Balance Performance in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Review | en_US |
dc.type | Conference_Paper | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Fong, SM: smfong@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Fong, SM=rp01759 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 229678 | en_US |
dc.identifier.spage | 70 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 70 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Singapore | en_US |