| Curing dyslexia and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder by training motor co-ordination: miracle or myth? | |
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PMID: 17854448 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Dore Achievement Centres are springing up world-wide with a mission to cure cerebellar developmental delay, thought to be the cause of dyslexia, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyspraxia and Asperger's syndrome. Remarkable success is claimed for an exercise-based treatment that is designed to accelerate cerebellar development. Unfortunately, the published studies are seriously flawed. On measures where control data are available, there is no credible evidence of significant gains in literacy associated with this intervention. There are no published studies on efficacy with the clinical groups for whom the programme is advocated. It is important that family practitioners and paediatricians are aware that the claims made for this expensive treatment are misleading. |
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Authors:
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Dorothy V M Bishop |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Journal of paediatrics and child health Volume: 43 ISSN: 1034-4810 ISO Abbreviation: J Paediatr Child Health Publication Date: 2007 Oct |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2007-09-14 Completed Date: 2007-12-11 Revised Date: 2010-09-15 |
Medline Journal Info:
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Nlm Unique ID: 9005421 Medline TA: J Paediatr Child Health Country: Australia |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 653-5 Citation Subset: IM |
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Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, South Parks Road, Oxford, UK. dorothy.bishop@psy.ox.ac.uk |
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Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity
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therapy* Child Dyslexia / therapy* Exercise Therapy* Humans Reproducibility of Results |
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053335//Wellcome Trust |
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