Diagnosis and Management of Developmental Coordination Disorders
A special issue of Brain Sciences (ISSN 2076-3425). This special issue belongs to the section "Developmental Neuroscience".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 July 2025 | Viewed by 44
Special Issue Editors
Interests: motor control; movement disorder; hemiplegic cerebral palsy; developmental coordination disorder
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a topic that has been increasingly researched and discussed in the last 20 years with DCD research becoming more in-depth and multidimensional. This Special Issue will bring together work from researchers, practitioners and clinicians who are interested in the diagnosis, management and etiology of DCD. It also aims to gather cutting-edge research, comprehensive reviews, innovative approaches to the management of DCD and new insights into the mechanisms of DCD. In addition, it will consider the acquisition and execution of coordinated motor skills and the implication of motor skill deficits. We invite submissions that cover a wide range of topics, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Evaluation of intervention strategies to improve motor function in DCD;
- Evaluation of key methods for the identification of DCD;
- Insights from brain imaging to understand motor functions and cognition in DCD;
- Mechanisms of DCD;
- Case studies and intervention programs.
Dr. Andrea Utley
Prof. Dr. Michael Wade
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- developmental coordination disorder
- movement control
- motor learning difficulties
- assessment
- intervention
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