Developmental Coordination Disorder and Most Prevalent Comorbidities: A Narrative Review

Overview

Journal Children (Basel)

Specialty Health Services

Date 2022 Jul 27

PMID 35884081

Authors

Federica Lino

Daniela Pia Rosaria Chieffo

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Abstract

This narrative review describes, in detail, the relationships between Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) and most prevalent associated comorbidities in their complexity, heterogeneity and multifactoriality. The research has been conducted on the main scientific databases, excluding single case papers. Blurred borders between the different nosographic entities have been described and advances in this field have been highlighted. In this multifaceted framework a specific profiling for co-occurring DCD, ADHD and ASD signs and symptoms is proposed, confirming the need for a multidisciplinary approach to define new diagnostic paradigms in early childhood.

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