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Developmental coordination disorder: evaluation and treatment.

Leemrijse, C. Developmental coordination disorder: evaluation and treatment. Dutch Journal of Physical Therapy: 2003, 113(Special), p. 24-27.
A child's popularity is often related to his or her proficiency in sports and games, and children value physical competence highly. The movement difficulties of children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) often invite ridicule from their peers. Children with DCD have a poor motor performance for their age which is not explainable by mental retardation or any known physical disorder, and which interferes with academic achievement and activities of daily living. Most striking are problems in the general coordination of posture and movements and in the execution of fine movements, such as writing and fastening buttons. [from introduction]