Impaired wrist position sense is linked to motor abnormalities in young adults with a probable developmental coordination disorder

Yu-Ting Tseng; Yi-Hsuan Lin; Yi-Wen Chen; Chia-Liang Tsai; Fu-Chen Chen

doi:10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136446

Impaired wrist position sense is linked to motor abnormalities in young adults with a probable developmental coordination disorder

Neurosci Lett. 2022 Feb 16:772:136446. doi: 10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136446. Epub 2022 Jan 7.

Authors

Yu-Ting Tseng¹, Yi-Hsuan Lin², Yi-Wen Chen², Chia-Liang Tsai³, Fu-Chen Chen⁴

Affiliations

¹ Department of Kinesiology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan; Research Center for Education and Mind Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Electronic address: yutingtseng@mx.nthu.edu.tw.
² Department of Kinesiology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan.
³ Institutes of Physical Education, Health and Leisure Studies, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan.
⁴ Department of Physical Education, National Kaohsiung Normal University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

PMID: 34999167
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2022.136446

Abstract

Proprioceptive deficits have been found to underlie motor abnormalities in individuals with movement disorders. This study investigated wrist proprioceptive acuity in young adults with and without probable developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and examined how proprioceptive acuity is linked to different domains of motor function. Thirty participants were included in this study (age, 19-22 years), ten with probable DCD and 20 controls. Wrist proprioceptive acuity was assessed using a joint position sense paradigm under contralateral and ipsilateral conditions. The Bruininks - Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency 2nd Edition (BOT-2) was used to measure different domains of motor ability. Compared to the control group, young adults with probable DCD exhibited significantly increased proprioceptive error variability in contralateral (p < 0.0001) and ipsilateral conditions (p < 0.05). Furthermore, wrist proprioceptive error variability was significantly associated with the levels of body coordination measured by BOT-2 (r = - 0.55). This study verified impaired wrist proprioceptive function in young adults with probable DCD, which is likely to contribute to motor impairment in adults with DCD.

Keywords: Atypical motor development; Proprioception; Somatosensory; Upper limb.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Female
Humans
Male
Motor Skills Disorders / physiopathology*
Motor Skills*
Proprioception
Sensorimotor Cortex / physiopathology
Wrist / physiopathology*
Young Adult