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Title:	Fractal fluctuations in exploratory movements predict differences in dynamic touch capabilities between children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and typical development
Authors:	Bruna Silva Avelar Marisa Cotta Mancini Sergio Teixeira da Fonseca Damian G. Kelty-Stephen Débora Marques de Miranda Marco Aurélio Romano-Silva Priscila Albuquerque de Araújo Paula Lanna Pereira da Silva
Abstract:	Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) struggle to perform a host of daily activities. Many of these involve forceful interaction with objects and thus implicate dynamic touch. Therefore, deficits in dynamic touch could underlie functional difficulties presented by ADHD children. We investigated whether performance on a dynamic touch task (length perception by wielding) differ between children with ADHD and age-matched controls. We further examined whether this difference could be explained by fractal temporal correlations (wielding dynamics). Forty-two children (ADHD: 21; typically developing: 21) wielded unseen wooden rods and reported their perceived length in the form of magnitude productions. The rods varied in the magnitude of the first principal moment of inertia (I1). Three-dimensional displacements of hand and rod positions were submitted to Detrended Fluctuation Analysis to estimate trial-by-trial temporal correlations. Children with ADHD reported shorter length for rods with higher I1 than their typically developing peers, indicative of reduced sensitivity to mechanical information supporting dynamic touch. Importantly, temporal correlations in wielding dynamics moderated children’s usage of I1. This finding points to a role of exploratory movements in perceptual deficits presented by children with ADHD and, thus, should be considered a new potential target for interventions.
Subject:	Crianças Transtorno do déficit de atenção com hiperatividade Percepção Movimento
language:	eng
metadata.dc.publisher.country:	Brasil
Publisher:	Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais
Publisher Initials:	UFMG
metadata.dc.publisher.department:	EEF - DEPARTAMENTO DE FISIOTERAPIA EEF - DEPARTAMENTO DE TERAPIA OCUPACIONAL MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE PEDIATRIA MED - DEPARTAMENTO DE SAÚDE MENTAL
Rights:	Acesso Aberto
metadata.dc.identifier.doi:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0217200
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/1843/39908
Issue Date:	21-May-2019
metadata.dc.url.externa:	https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0217200
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof:	Plos One
Appears in Collections:	Artigo de Periódico

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