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Symptoms List

Symptoms could include:
  • Clumsiness
  • impaired motor coordination
  • increased muscle tone

Symptoms Overview Articles

Developmental coordination disorder
Children with developmental coordination disorder have difficulties with motor coordination compared to other children the same age. Some common symptoms include:.Clumsiness Delays in sitting up, crawling, and walking Problems with sucking and swa...
Source:ADAM
Date:October 18, 2008
Developmental coordination disorder
The symptoms of developmental coordination disorder vary greatly from child to child. The general characteristic is that the child has abnormal development of one or more types of motor skills when the child's age and intelligence quotient(IQ) are...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Mental Disorders

Specific Symptom Articles

Clumsiness
Clumsiness is a common problem in otherwise healthy children with normal intelligence. Motor coordination problems may affect the ability to perform age-appropriate activities, such as dressing and running.
Source:Healthline
Date:December 31, 2007
Developmental Delay
A developmental delay is any significant lag in a child''s physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social development, in comparison with norms.Developmental delay refers to when a child''s development lags behind established normal ranges fo...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Developmental Delay
Any delay in a child''s physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social development, due to any number of reasons.Developmental delay refers to any significant retardation in a child''s physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social dev...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Childhood and Adolescence
Hypotonia
Hypotonia is often a sign of a worrisome problem. It may be a sign of a central nervous system problem, genetic disorder, or muscle disorder.Infants with hypotonia seem floppy and feel like a"rag doll" does when held.
Source:ADAM
Date:November 9, 2007
Hypotonia
Hypotonia means"low tone," and refers to a physiological state in which a muscle has decreased tone, or tension. A muscle''s tone is a measure of its ability to resist passive elongation or stretching.Hypotonia is more a description than a diagnosis.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Neurological Disorders
Hypotonia
Hypotonia, or severely decreased muscle tone, is seen primarily in children. Low-toned muscles contract very slowly in response to a stimulus and cannot maintain a contraction for as long as a normal muscle.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
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