C. Leemrijse 
Effects of motor training in clumsy children
The study covers the following publications: Sensory integration for children: a meta-analysis; Detecting individual change in children with mild to moderate motor impairment: the standard error of measurement of the movement ABC; Rhythm integrated: reliability and discriminative power of a simple instrument to measure rhythmic performance in young children; The efficacy of Le Bon Départ and Sensory Integration for children with developmental coordination disorder: a randomised study with six single cases; Effect of Le Bon Départ on academic performance of young schoolchildren: a randomised group study.
Miriam D. Getz
Aquatic Intervention in Children with Neuro-Motor Impairments
Tel Aviv: Sdar Zalam, 2006
ISBN: 965-555-244-6
The thesis addresses the influence of aquatic interventions on motor performance of children with neuro-motor impairments in a functional context on land. The theoretical framework is based on a functional approach in compliance to the International Classification of Function, Disability and Health (ICF). The background, the aim and the outline of the thesis are described in chapter 1. In chapter 2, the relationship between motor performance in the aquatic environment setting as measured by the Aquatic Independence Measure (AIM) to motor performance on land as measured by the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) and the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) were examined in a sample of 49 children with neuro-motor impairments. In chapter 3 a systematic literature review addressing aquatic intervention research conducted in children with neuro-motor impairments is presented. Chapters 4 and 5 focus on the effects of aquatic interventio
ns in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) in outcome measures related to body functions, activity andparticipation following a four month intervention period. In chapter 6 the findings of the individual studies are summarized and discussed, addressing specific implications for the practice and directions for further research The thesis addresses the influence of aquatic interventions on motor performance of children with neuro-motor impairments in a functional context on land. The theoretical framework is based on a functional approach in compliance to the International Classification of Function, Disability and Health (ICF). The background, the aim and the outline of the thesis are described in chapter 1. In chapter 2, the relationship between motor performance in the aquatic environment setting as measured by the Aquatic Independence Measure (AIM) to motor performance on land as measured by the Gross Motor Function Measure (GMFM) and the Pediatric Evaluation of Disability Inventory (PEDI) were examined in a sample of 49 children with neuro-motor impairments. In chapter 3 a systematic literature review addressing aquatic intervention research conducted in children with neuro-motor impairments is presented. Chapters 4 and 5 focus on the effects of aquatic interventions in children with Cerebral Palsy (CP) in outcome measures related to body functions, activity and participation following a four month intervention period. In chapter 6 the findings of the individual studies are summarized and discussed, addressing specific implications for the practice and directions for further research
P
eter Lauteslager
Children with Down's Syndrome: Motor Development and Intervention
Amersfoort (NL): 's Heeren Loo Zorggroep (serie Monografie Nr 22)
This is an English translation of the dissertation (2000) 'Kinderen met het syndroom van Down: motorische ontwikkeling en behandeling'. The motor development of young children with Down's syndrome is typified by specific problems. The limitations that occur in their motor behaviour are described and interpreted in the theoretical construct 'Disturbances in the system of postural control'. On the basis of this construct, the measuring instrument 'Basic Motor Skills of Children with Down's Syndrome' and the treatment framework 'Physiotherapy for young children with Down's syndrome' has been developed. Both the measuring instrument and the treatment framework are included in this study as appendices. The study reports the psychometric research of the motor test and research into the effectiveness of the physiotherapeutic treatment.