Mechanisms of developmental coordination disorders: Individual analyses and disparate findings

Visuomotor control was examined in two children (ages 7 and 9 years) who de monstrated motor difficulties characteristic of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and was compared to the performance of their same-age peers. Aiming movements were made on a digitizing tablet with and without visual feedback of the moving hand. Results revealed that the nature of the childr en's performance patterns were not only different from those of their peers , but also from those of each other. The implications of these disparate fi ndings for future research on and intervention in DCD are discussed. (C) 19 99 Academic Press.