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Developmental Coordination Disorder Learning Center
Symptoms could include:
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Clumsiness
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impaired motor coordination
- Developmental Delay
- Poor Muscle Tone
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increased muscle tone
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Children with developmental coordination disorder have difficulties with motor coordination compared to other children the same age. Some common symptoms include:
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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) ar...
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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.
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A developmental delay is any significant lag in a child's physical, cognitive, behavioral, emotional, or social development, in comparison with norms.
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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 de...
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Hypotonia is decreased muscle tone.
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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.
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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. Hypotonia is a symptom that can be caus...
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