Neurological diagnoses in children potentially fulfilling the criteria for developmental coordination disorder.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate whether initial neurological phenotypical assessment can predict the diagnostic outcome in children potentially fulfilling the criteria for developmental coordination disorder (DCD).

Method

In this cohort study, we retrospectively investigated the medical records of 50 children potentially fulfilling the DCD criteria, referred to the Pediatric Neurology Outpatient Clinic of the University Medical Center Groningen, the Netherlands, between 2016 and 2022. On the basis of the reported diagnosis after diagnostic evaluation, the included children were retrospectively assigned either to a DCD or an alternative diagnosis group. We calculated predictive values on the basis of the initially suspected and finally reported diagnosis. We statistically compared clinica

SUBMITTER: Garofalo M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12766545 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature