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Postural control begins in the brain and ends in the hand or foot. | Postural control begins in the brain and ends in the hand or foot. Typically, by the age of 7 years, postural control should be consolidated and automatic and children will be “writing ready” and “sport ready”.<ref name=":0">Prowse T. The Social, Cognitive and Emotional Development of Children - The Road to Writing and Moving Course. Physioplus, 2021.</ref> However, some children may not develop this postural control for a number of reasons, including:<ref name=":0" /> | ||
* They may be too floppy or bendy - i.e. they have low connective tissue tone with underlying weaknesses, even if they are sporty. This may be caused by conditions such as: | |||
** [[Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome|Benign joint hypermobility syndrome]] | |||
** [[Marfan Syndrome|Marfan syndrome]] | |||
** [[Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome|Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome]] (EDS) | |||
** The Beighton Scale is used to measure hypermobility<ref>Simmonds J. [https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/article/56/11/1832/3854998 Generalized joint hypermobility: a timely population study and proposal for Beighton cut-offs.] Rheumatology (Oxford). 2017;56(11):1832-3. </ref> | |||
* Lack of practice, which leads to muscle weakness | |||
* An inability to concentrate on one specific activity | |||
* A child’s temperament | |||
** Too shy | |||
** Too nervous | |||
** Gives up easily | |||
* Children who have different brain development, which affects their ability to learn from everyday experiences - i.e. children who do not learn by “doing” | |||
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Introduction[edit | edit source]
Postural control begins in the brain and ends in the hand or foot. Typically, by the age of 7 years, postural control should be consolidated and automatic and children will be “writing ready” and “sport ready”.[1] However, some children may not develop this postural control for a number of reasons, including:[1]
- They may be too floppy or bendy - i.e. they have low connective tissue tone with underlying weaknesses, even if they are sporty. This may be caused by conditions such as:
- Benign joint hypermobility syndrome
- Marfan syndrome
- Ehlers–Danlos Syndrome (EDS)
- The Beighton Scale is used to measure hypermobility[2]
- Lack of practice, which leads to muscle weakness
- An inability to concentrate on one specific activity
- A child’s temperament
- Too shy
- Too nervous
- Gives up easily
- Children who have different brain development, which affects their ability to learn from everyday experiences - i.e. children who do not learn by “doing”
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Prowse T. The Social, Cognitive and Emotional Development of Children - The Road to Writing and Moving Course. Physioplus, 2021.
- ↑ Simmonds J. Generalized joint hypermobility: a timely population study and proposal for Beighton cut-offs. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2017;56(11):1832-3.
