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Assessment of motor functioning in the preschool periodJan P Piek
School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, GPO, Box U1987, Perth, 6845, Western Australia, Australia
Neuropsychol Rev 22:402-13. 2012..The paper concludes with recommendations on the best approach in assessing motor function in pre-school children...
Rationale, design and methods for a randomised and controlled trial of the impact of virtual reality games on motor competence, physical activity, and mental health in children with developmental coordination disorderLeon M Straker
School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:654. 2011..VR games are beginning to be used for rehabilitation, however there is no reported trial of the impact of these games on motor coordination in children with developmental coordination disorder...- Rationale, design and methods for a randomised and controlled trial to investigate whether home access to electronic games decreases children's physical activityLeon M Straker
School of Physiotherapy, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
BMC Public Health 9:212. 2009..Given that many children play electronic games, a better understanding of the effect of electronic game use on PA is critical to inform child health policy and intervention... 
Working memory, processing speed, and set-shifting in children with developmental coordination disorder and attention-deficit-hyperactivity disorderJan P Piek
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia, Perth, Australia
Dev Med Child Neurol 49:678-83. 2007..With few exceptions, children with ADHD did not perform more poorly than control children. These findings demonstrate the importance of identifying children with motor deficits when examining tasks involving a timing component...- The relationship between fine and gross motor ability, self-perceptions and self-worth in children and adolescentsJan P Piek
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA, Australia
Hum Mov Sci 25:65-75. 2006.... - The role of early fine and gross motor development on later motor and cognitive abilityJan P Piek
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Western Australia, Australia
Hum Mov Sci 27:668-81. 2008..The findings also add to recent investigations into the relationship between early motor development and later cognitive function, and support the need for ongoing research into a potential etiological relationship... - The relationship between bullying and self-worth in children with movement coordination problemsJ P Piek
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Western Australia, Australia
Br J Educ Psychol 75:453-63. 2005..Furthermore, children with movement problems such as developmental coordination disorder (DCD) are considered at risk of both victimization and low self-worth... - Sensory-motor deficits in children with developmental coordination disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and autistic disorderJan P Piek
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Australia
Hum Mov Sci 23:475-88. 2004..This research will increase our understanding of why children with one developmental disorder typically also have problems in other areas... - The relationship between motor coordination, executive functioning and attention in school aged childrenJan P Piek
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Australia
Arch Clin Neuropsychol 19:1063-76. 2004..Despite past evidence linking poor motor ability with inattention, there was little overlap in the processes that are affected in children with motor coordination or attention problems... - Can the Child Behavior Checklist be used to screen for motor impairment?Jan P Piek
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Dev Med Child Neurol 52:200-4. 2010..It has been suggested that one approach to identifying motor impairment in children is to use the Child Behavior Checklist (CBCL) as a screening tool. The current study examined the validity of the CBCL in identifying motor impairment... - Do motor skills in infancy and early childhood predict anxious and depressive symptomatology at school age?Jan P Piek
School of Psychology, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute CHIRI, Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Hum Mov Sci 29:777-86. 2010..These findings may assist in the early identification of children at risk of anxiety disorders and depression at school age... - Limb and gender differences in the development of coordination in early infancyJan P Piek
Research Centre of Applied Psychology, School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Australia
Hum Mov Sci 21:621-39. 2002..This contrasts with the view that gender differences in motor development may be primarily a result of environmental influences... - Is a quantitative approach useful in the comparison of spontaneous movements in fullterm and preterm infants?J P Piek
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, G P O Box U1987, Perth 6845, Australia
Hum Mov Sci 20:717-36. 2001.... - Rationale, design and methods for a randomised and controlled trial to evaluate "Animal Fun" - a program designed to enhance physical and mental health in young childrenJan P Piek
School of Psychology and Speech Pathology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia
BMC Pediatr 10:78. 2010..This program was designed to improve the child's movement skills, both fine and gross, and their perceptions of their movement ability, promote appropriate social skills and improve social-emotional development... - Depressive symptomatology in child and adolescent twins with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder and/or developmental coordination disorderJan P Piek
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Twin Res Hum Genet 10:587-96. 2007..The implications of these findings are discussed with emphasis on understanding and recognizing the relationship between ADHD, DCD, and depression in the assessment and intervention for children and adolescents with these disorders... - A longitudinal study of motor ability and kinaesthetic acuity in young children at risk of developmental coordination disorderR Coleman
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, WA, Australia
Hum Mov Sci 20:95-110. 2001..Follow-up testing one year later showed that both groups improved their kinaesthetic acuity score although the control children remained significantly better than the children with poor motor coordination... - Timing and force control during a sequential tapping task in children with and without motor coordination problemsJ P Piek
Research Centre for Applied Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 5:320-9. 1999.... - Motor coordination and kinaesthesis in boys with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorderJ P Piek
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Dev Med Child Neurol 41:159-65. 1999..The severity of the children's inattentive symptomatology was found to be a significant predictor of motor coordination difficulties. Kinaesthetic sensitivity was not found to differ significantly between the groups... - Can autism, language and coordination disorders be differentiated based on ability profiles?Sarah N Wisdom
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Bentley, WA, Australia
Eur Child Adolesc Psychiatry 16:178-86. 2007..In terms of ability scores, the AD and DCD groups appear to differ more in severity than in kind... - DCD and ADHD: a genetic study of their shared aetiologyNeilson C Martin
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Hum Mov Sci 25:110-24. 2006..On the SWAN scale the results were similar but the general coordination scale was also very strongly linked. Implications for the use of different assessment tools are discussed... - The role of dichotomous thinking and rigidity in perfectionismSarah J Egan
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, WA, Australia
Behav Res Ther 45:1813-22. 2007..Implications for the development of cognitive therapy interventions for negative perfectionism are discussed... - Are abilities abnormally interdependent in children with autism?Murray J Dyck
School of Psychology, Griffith University, Queensland, Australia
J Clin Child Adolesc Psychol 35:20-33. 2006..Results indicate that autism is marked by stronger correlations between all ability domains, and MR is marked by stronger correlations between motor coordination tasks and other ability measures... - Timing and force control in boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder: subtype differences and the effect of comorbid developmental coordination disorderThelma M Pitcher
Research Centre for Applied Psychology, School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, Australia
Hum Mov Sci 21:919-45. 2002..This potentially impacts on assessment, intervention, theoretical modelling and the general interpretation of cognitive abilities research with children with ADHD... - The influence of speed and force on bimanual finger tapping patternsP N Loseby
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA 6845, Australia
Hum Mov Sci 20:531-47. 2001..The results indicate that movement force and rate of movement interact to influence the outcome of the tapping pattern. Further research is required to investigate force as a control parameter... - Fine and gross motor ability in males with ADHDThelma M Pitcher
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Australia
Dev Med Child Neurol 45:525-35. 2003.... - An investigation into etiological pathways of DCD and ADHD using a monozygotic twin designJillian G Pearsall-Jones
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Australia The Centre for Cerebral Palsy, Perth, Australia
Twin Res Hum Genet 12:381-91. 2009..All twins positive for ADHD were male. This adds support to our hypothesis that ADHD symptoms found in some participants may reflect secondary ADHD associated with environmental factors, rather than developmental ADHD... - Motor coordination, empathy, and social behaviour in school-aged childrenAriane Cummins
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth, Western Australia
Dev Med Child Neurol 47:437-42. 2005..This difference remained even when visuo-spatial processing was controlled. When controlling for emotion recognition and visuo-spatial organization, a child's motor ability remained a significant predictor of social behaviour... - Psychosocial implications of poor motor coordination in children and adolescentsR A Skinner
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth 6845, WA, Australia
Hum Mov Sci 20:73-94. 2001..Adolescents also perceived themselves as less competent with poorer social support and lower self-worth than younger children. In addition, anxiety was significantly higher for the adolescent group compared to their younger counterparts... - Evaluation of the validity of the MAND in assessing motor impairment in young childrenSarah Brantner
School of Psychology, Curtin University of Technology, Perth 6845, Western Australia
Rehabil Psychol 54:413-21. 2009..This study examined the concurrent validity of the McCarron Assessment of Neuromuscular Development (MAND; McCarron, 1997), using the Movement Assessment Battery for Children (MABC; Henderson & Sugden, 1992) as the criterion measure... - Approaches to sensory-motor development in infants and childrenJan P Piek
Hum Mov Sci 25:1-3. 2006 - ADHD and DCD: a relationship in need of researchJoseph A Sergeant
Department of Clinical Neuropsychology, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Hum Mov Sci 25:76-89. 2006..Suggestions are made for future research into the neuropsychological deficits associated with ADHD and DCD...