Wilson 2016.
Methods | Blocked RCT in an unblinded trial. | |
Participants | Number screened: not stated. Number included: 42. Number followed up: 36. Number of withdrawals: 6. Diagnosis of DCD: no information. Presence and absence of comorbid conditions: children excluded if they had current or history of neurological disease, including head injury, psychiatric disorders, or attention‐deficit disorder. Regarding participants completing the study Age: 7 to 12 years. Sex: no information. Ethnicity: no information. Country: Australia. Setting: assessment conducted at schools, and training interventions provided in the Centre for Movement Education and Research, Griffith University. Sociodemographics: no information. Inclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria
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Interventions |
Comparison: image training vs traditional perceptual‐motor training vs inactive control. Intervention schedule of traditional perceptual‐motor training programme: 60 min once/wk. Duration of intervention: 5 wk. Mode of delivery: face‐to‐face individual sessions. Intervention material: Image training: six fundamental motor skills: catching and throwing a tennis ball, striking a softball, jumping, balancing a ball on a bat while walking, and placing objects on a form board. Traditional perceptual‐motor training: various static and dynamic balance activities using hoops, low beams, fit balls, ropes, and mini trampoline, minor ball games, pegboard games,origami, and drawing activities. Intervention procedure: Image training: visual imagery exercises, relaxation protocol and mental preparation, mental rehearsal of skills from external and internal perspectives, mental rehearsal displayed on a LCD monitor. Traditional perceptual‐motor training: approach was collaborative and child centred. Intervention provider: trained research assistant/therapist Place of intervention: no information. Compliance: no information. |
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Outcomes |
Primary
Adverse effects or events: no information. Measures of participation: no information. |
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Notes | Study start date: not available. Study completion date: not available. Sample calculation: yes. Ethics approval: yes. Comments from study authors Limitations:
Key conclusions of study authors
Comment from review authors Email correspondence with study authors: May 2017. We wrote to the authors twice to request supplementary information on data but received no reply. |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | High risk | Not stated. No reply to enquiry. |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Not stated. No reply to enquiry. |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | High risk | Impossible |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) All outcomes | High risk | All children were assessed and trained individually under one of the three training conditions. |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) All outcomes | High risk | Six of 42 children (14%) from unspecified groups dropped out of the study due to competing family commitments. |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Low risk | No protocol obtained. However, this study is a replication of Wilson 2002, meaning that the method of the previous study served as a protocol. |
Other bias | Low risk | Funding: no information available. Conflicts of interest: no information available. Baseline imbalance. |
BOTMP: Bruininks‐Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency; COPM: Canadian Occupational Performance Measure; CO‐OP: Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance; CTA: contemporary treatment approach; DCD: developmental co‐ordination disorder; DCDQ: Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire; DSM‐IV: Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition; GPDC: Goal‐Plan‐Do‐Check; hr: hour; ID: identifier; LCD: liquid crystal display; MABC: Movement Assessment Battery for Children; min: minute; RCT: randomised controlled trial; SD: standard deviation; SOT: Sensory Organization Test; TGMD: Test of Gross Motor Development; TKD: Taekwondo; wk: week.