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Italian adaptation of the MOQ-T as a fast screening instrument based on teachers' ratings for identifying developmental coordination disorder symptoms
The present study was designed to collect data on the Italian adaptation of the Motor Observation Questionnaire for Teachers (MOQ-T, Schoemaker, Flapper, Reinders-Messelink, & De Kloet, 2008). We provide data for 2nd, 3rd, 4th and 5th grades, in some cases distinguishing males from females. On the basis of the present and previous evidence (Giofrè et al., 2014) the MOQ-T appears a valid and a fast screening instrument for detecting developmental coordination disorders (DCD) symptoms (on the basis of teachers' ratings) in children and can be very important as a first step in the process for diagnosing DCD
Clinical and research criteria for Developmental Coordination Disorder —should they be one and the same?
The aim of this paper is to discuss if criteria used for diagnosing children for clinical purposes should be the same as for the selection of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder for research. Next, we give an overview of the criteria mentioned in the development of the European guideline for diagnosing Developmental Coordination Disorder and the implementation of this guideline in different countries. To gain insight into current clinical practice, we also reviewed the medical files of children attending rehabilitation centers for the criteria used to diagnose Developmental Coordination Disorder in the Netherlands. To conclude, we state our expert opinion on why and when research and clinical criteria for Developmental Coordination Disorder should or should not be the same
Effectiveness of Neuromotor Task Training for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Pilot Study
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 notreatment
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
The efficacy of anti-inflammatory medication in postoperative cognitive decline: A meta-analysis
Objective: Post-operative cognitive decline is a surgical complication involving chronic impairments in different cognitive domains. Although the exact mechanisms behind postoperative cognitive decline are still unknown, there is increasing evidence for a key role of neuroinflammation. This meta-analysis aims to investigate the efficacy of anti-inflammatory treatment on postoperative cognitive decline. Participants and Methods: An electronic search was performed using PubMed, Psychinfo, EmBase, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews and clinicaltrial.gov (until November 2019). No year or language restrictions were applied. Only randomized, double-blind, placebocontrolled studies that investigated clinical outcome in adult patients who underwent surgery under general anaesthesia (except brain surgery) were included. The search yielded 574 papers, of which nineteen fulfilled the inclusion criteria. Results: The current meta-analysis found a significant effect of different anti-inflammatory agents on the incidence of POCD (OR=0.67, p=0.010). Administration of COX-2 inhibitors (OR=0.31, p<0.0001), ketamine (OR=0.44, p=0.38) and lidocaine (OR=0.79, p=0.33) showed better results than placebo in a meta-analysis of at least two studies. Erythromycin (OR=0.14, p=0.006), erythropoietin (OR=0.15, p=0.07) and dexmedetomidine (OR=0.58, p=0.03) were significant in single studies. No beneficial effects on cognition were found for magnesium, 17βestradiol, dexamethasone and melatonin. Conclusion: The results of this meta-analysis provide evidence for a potential efficacy of anti-inflammatory agents on POCD, but further research is necessary to determine which agents are most appropriate for clinical application
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