Research progress on the exercise intervention for children and adolescents with developmental coordination disorder

HOU Yaoqi; LEI Zonghan; WANG Yan; LU Wanjing; LIU Hong; SONG Xiangqin

doi:10.11852/zgetbjzz2025-0116

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Chinese Journal of Child Health Care ›› 2025, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (12) : 1333-1337. DOI: 10.11852/zgetbjzz2025-0116

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Research progress on the exercise intervention for children and adolescents with developmental coordination disorder

HOU Yaoqi¹, LEI Zonghan², WANG Yan¹, LU Wanjing¹, LIU Hong¹, SONG Xiangqin¹

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This paper aims to explore the effects of exercise interventions on children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and their underlying physiological mechanisms, while systematically reviewing recent experimental studies on the impact of exercise interventions on children with DCD. Research indicates that exercise interventions can significantly improve motor coordination in children with DCD, with intervention Methods showing increasing diversity, ranging from fundamental movement training to specialized sports training (such as taekwondo, table tennis), as well as innovative training approaches combining cognitive tasks. Exercise interventions can promote brain physiological changes through inducing synaptic plasticity, restructuring neural circuits, increasing gray matter volume, and regulating neurotransmitter systems, thereby enhancing motor control abilities. These changes are achieved through the activation of multiple signaling pathways, ultimately optimizing functional connectivity in motor-related brain regions.

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developmental coordination disorder / exercise intervention / neural plasticity / motor control / synaptic remodeling

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HOU Yaoqi, LEI Zonghan, WANG Yan, LU Wanjing, LIU Hong, SONG Xiangqin. Research progress on the exercise intervention for children and adolescents with developmental coordination disorder[J]. Chinese Journal of Child Health Care. 2025, 33(12): 1333-1337 https://doi.org/10.11852/zgetbjzz2025-0116

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