- Overview
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Children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) have difficulty learning motor skills and performing activities of daily living, such as using a knife and fork, printing, and riding a bicycle. The cause of DCD is not well understood, but our research has shown that children with DCD use their brain differently and show subtle differences in their brain pathways compared to neurotypical children. Our research program aims to further unravel the brain differences in children with DCD in an effort to better understand the disorder and to inform rehabilitation interventions for these children.
DCD is very common (affecting one in 20 children) but is under-recognized and under-diagnosed. Our research program aims to increase awareness of DCD, build capacity of health care providers to recognize, assess, and diagnose the condition, and provide evidence for effective interventions to improve outcomes for children with DCD and their families. Our work includes authentic engagement with parents and advocacy efforts to increase supports and services for children with DCD.
- Publications
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Diagnostic services for developmental coordination disorder: Gaps and opportunities identified by parents
Child: Care, Health and Development
Klein, E.S. and Licari, M. and Barbic, S. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1111/cch.13230
2024Assessing children to identify developmental coordination disorder: A survey of occupational therapists in Australia
Australian Occupational Therapy Journal
Hunt, J. and Zwicker, J. and Godecke, E. and Raynor, A.
DOI: 10.1111/1440-1630.12864
2023Effectiveness of Cognitive Orientation to Occupational Performance intervention in improving motor skills of children with developmental coordination disorder: A randomized waitlist-control trial
Clinical Rehabilitation
Izadi-Najafabadi, S. and Gunton, C. and Dureno, Z. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1177/02692155221086188
2022White Matter Changes With Rehabilitation in Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Izadi-Najafabadi, S. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2021.673003
2021Brain functional connectivity with rehabilitation in children with co-occurring autism spectrum disorder and developmental coordination disorder
Research in Autism
Melika Kangarani-Farahani and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1016/j.reia.2025.202531
02/2025Effectiveness of Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance for autistic children with developmental coordination disorder
Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology
Kangarani-Farahani, M. and Thompson-Hodgetts, S. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.16058
2025Rehabilitation practices for childhood spinal muscular atrophy
Disability and Rehabilitation
Mortenson, P. and Cielecka, J. and Harrison, E. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2025.2484345
2025Transitioning to oral feeding: A retrospective cohort study of a family-centered, hunger-based tube weaning program
Nutrition in Clinical Practice
Stokes, R.H. and Willms, A.L. and Cowie, H.K. and Browes, A. and Karamali, S. and Avinashi, V. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1002/ncp.11220
2025Quality of life in children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD): A systematic review and meta-analysis
Research in Developmental Disabilities
Kumar, G. and Barhoun, P. and Fuelscher, I. and Zwicker, J.G. and Bianco, K. and Singh, M. and Mukherjee, M. and Williams, J. and Hyde, C.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2025.104981
2025Participation and quality of life among Australian children with developmental coordination disorder
Disability and Rehabilitation
McQueen, M.C. and Zwicker, J.G. and Ruddock, S. and Williams, J.
DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2024.2447370
2025Maternal Diabetes and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes of Infants Born Before 29 Weeks’ Gestation
Journal of Pediatrics
Akinseye, A. and Pylypjuk, C. and Moddemann, D. and Afifi, J. and Banihani, R. and Aziz, K. and Wang, D. and Seshia, M. and Shah, P.S. and Beltempo, M. and Kanungo, J. and Ting, J. and Cieslak, Z. and Sherlock, R. and Mehrem, A.A. and Toye, J. and Fajardo, C. and Bodani, J. and Strueby, L. and Louis, D. and Alvaro, R. and Mukerji, A. and Da Silva, O. and Augustine, S. and Lee, K.-S. and Ng, E. and Lemyre, B. and Daboval, T. and Khurshid, F. and Bizgu, V. and Barrington, K. and Lapoint, A. and Drolet, C. and Piedboeuf, B. and Claveau, M. and St-Hilaire, M. and Canning, R. and Makary, H. and Ojah, C. and Monterrosa, L. and Emberley, J. and Kajetanowicz, A. and Lee, S.K. and Pillay, T. and Synnes, A. and Zwicker, J. and Stavel, M. and Moodley, A. and Hendson, L. and Reichert, A. and Hicks, M. and de Cabo, C. and Ricci, M.F. and McKnight, S. and Coughlin, K. and Ly, L. and Kelly, E. and Church, P. and Nguyen, K.-A. and Mandel, R. and Morin, A. and Belanger, S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2024.114319
2025Investigating Motor Coordination Using BXD Recombinant Inbred Mice to Model the Genetic Underpinnings of Developmental Coordination Disorder
Genes, Brain and Behavior
Rajan, J.R.S. and Gill, K. and Chow, E. and Ashbrook, D.G. and Williams, R.W. and Zwicker, J.G. and Goldowitz, D.
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.70014
2025International Contributions to Understanding of Mechanisms and Performance of Individuals With Developmental Coordination Disorder
Journal of Motor Learning and Development
Polatajko, H.J. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1123/jmld.2024-0109
2025Partnering With Parents to Change Measurement and Reporting of Preterm Birth Outcomes
Pediatrics
Pearce, R. and Synnes, A. and Lam, M.M. and Richter, L.L. and Bacchini, F. and Jones, M. and Luu, T.M. and Janvier, A. and Afifi, J. and Milette, A.-A. and Bourque, C.J. and Church, P. and Barrington, K.J. and Colby, L. and O?Brien, K. and Raghuram, K. and Ricci, M.F. and Saigal, S. and Seesahai, J. and Shah, P. and Simard, M.-N. and Thomas, K. and Wiebe, T. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2024-067093
2024Cortical grey matter volume differences in children with developmental coordination disorder compared to typically developing children
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Malik, M. and Weber, A. and Lang, D. and Vanderwal, T. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1276057
2024Changes in cortical grey matter volume with Cognitive Orientation to daily Occupational Performance intervention in children with developmental coordination disorder
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Malik, M.A. and Weber, A.M. and Lang, D. and Vanderwal, T. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2024.1316117
2024Motor Impairments in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Kangarani-Farahani, M. and Malik, M.A. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-023-05948-1
2024How developmental coordination disorder affects daily life: The adolescent perspective
Research in Developmental Disabilities
Khairati, F. and Stewart, N. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104640
2024Letter to the Editor: Journals need to make space for narratives from people with lived experience
Research in Developmental Disabilities
Zwicker, J.G. and Sutton, K. and Boland, J. and Grace, A. and Casey, L.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104657
2024Caregiver burden and mental health: Parent perspectives when raising a child with developmental coordination disorder
Research in Developmental Disabilities
Klein, E.S. and Cheung, C. and Garces, A. and Barbic, S. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104656
2024Women in Canada are consuming above the upper intake level of folic acid but few are meeting dietary choline recommendations in the second trimester of pregnancy: data from the CHILD cohort study
Applied Physiology, Nutrition and Metabolism
Wiedeman, A.M. and Miliku, K. and Moraes, T.J. and Mandhane, P.J. and Simons, E. and Subbarao, P. and Turvey, S.E. and Zwicker, J.G. and Devlin, A.M.
DOI: 10.1139/apnm-2023-0258
2024Success or Failure? Are We Meeting the Needs of Children With Developmental Coordination Disorder?,Succès ou échec? Répondons-nous aux besoins des enfants atteints d’un trouble développemental de la coordination?
Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Klein, E.S. and Licari, M. and Barbic, S. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1177/00084174231197618
2024How to measure patient and family important outcomes in extremely preterm infants: A scoping review
Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics
Synnes, A. and Lam, M.M. and Ricci, M.F. and Church, P. and Simard, M.-N. and Zwicker, J.G. and Luu, T.M.
DOI: 10.1111/apa.17228
2024A Qualitative Investigation on Chronic Disease Management and Prevention Among Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic
American Journal of Health Promotion
Yang, M.C. and Clayton, C. and Harris, D. and Pelletier, C. and Schmidt, J. and Zwicker, J.G. and Sakakibara, B.M.
DOI: 10.1177/08901171231218681
2024Preliminary investigation of the student-delivered Community Outreach teleheAlth program for Covid education and Health promotion (COACH)
Family Practice
Yang, M.C. and Clayton, C. and Harris, D. and Pelletier, C. and Schmidt, J. and Zwicker, J.G. and Sakakibara, B.M.
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmac079
2023Neonatal and Early Childhood Outcomes of Twin and Singleton Infants Born Preterm
Journal of Pediatrics
Melamed, N. and Weitzner, O. and Church, P. and Banihani, R. and Barrett, J. and Yang, J. and Wong, J. and Piedboeuf, B. and Shah, P.S. and Beltempo, M. and Kanungo, J. and Stavel, M. and Sherlock, R. and Mehrem, A.A. and Toye, J. and Ting, J. and Fajardo, C. and Bodani, J. and Strueby, L. and Seshia, M. and Louis, D. and Alvaro, R. and Mukerji, A. and Da Silva, O. and Augustine, S. and Lee, K.-S. and Ng, E. and Lemyre, B. and Daboval, T. and Khurshid, F. and Bizgu, V. and Barrington, K. and Lapointe, A. and Ethier, G. and Drolet, C. and Claveau, M. and St-Hilaire, M. and Bertelle, V. and Masse, E. and Mehdizadeh-Hakak, H. and Makary, H. and Ojah, C. and Hudson, J.-A. and Afifi, J. and Aslam, A. and Lee, S.K. and Abenhaim, H. and Andrews, J. and Armson, A. and Audibert, F. and Aziz, K. and Ballantyne, M. and Berard, A. and Blais, L. and Bocking, A. and Burrows, J. and Butt, K. and Canning, R. and Carson, G. and Chaillet, N. and Chandra, S. and Cieslak, Z. and Coughlin, K. and Crane, J. and Creighton, D. and Dahlgren, L. and Daspal, S. and de Cabo, C. and Deshpandey, A. and Dow, K. and Dunn, M. and Helou, S.E. and El-Chaar, D. and El-Naggar, W. and Foster, J. and Gagnon, R. and Gratton, R. and Han, V. and Harrison, A. and Hasan, S. and Helewa, M. and Hicks, M. and Joseph, K.S. and Kajetanowicz, A. and Kalapesi, Z. and Khairy, M. and Lacaze-Masmonteil, T. and Lodha, A. and Luu, T.M. and Ly, L. and Majnemer, A. and Marc, I. and McDonald, S.D. and McMillan, D. and Metcalfe, A. and Moddemann, D. and Monterrosa, L. and Morais, M. and Mundle, W. and Murphy, L. and Murphy, K. and Nuyt, A.-M. and Nwaesei, C. and O{'}Brien, K. and Offringa, M. and Ouellet, A. and Pasquier, J.-C. and Pechlivanoglou, P. and Pelausa, E. and Portales-Casamar, E. and Premji, S. and Puligandla, P. and Pullenayegum, E. and Reichert, A. and Robson, K. and Schneider, C. and Shah, V. and Shivananda, S. and Singhal, N. and Skarsgard, E. and Skoll, A. and Smith, G. and Synnes, A. and Th{\'e}riault, K. and Tough, S. and Ubhi, J. and Vincer, M. and Whittle, W. and Whyte, H. and Wilson, D. and Wood, S. and Ye, P. and Yee, W. and Zwicker, J. and Pillay, T. and Synnes, A. and Colby, L. and Anson, S. and Moodley, A. and Hendson, L. and Ricci, M.F. and McKnight, S. and Kelly, E. and Raghuram, K. and Thomas, K. and Nguyen, K.-A. and Mandel, R. and Morin, A. and B{\'e}langer, S.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2023.02.021
2023Understanding factors that influence physical activity behavior in people with developmental coordination disorder (DCD): a mixed-methods convergent integrated systematic review
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Purcell, C. and Schott, N. and Rapos, V. and Zwicker, J.G. and Wilmut, K.
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1274510
2023A Dynamic Systems Approach to Understanding Adaptive Locomotion in Individuals with Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Systematic Review
Current Developmental Disorders Reports
Rapos, V. and Warlop, G. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1007/s40474-023-00278-4
2023Developmental coordination disorder: What can we learn from RI mice using motor learning tasks and QTL analysis
Genes, Brain and Behavior
Gill, K. and Rajan, J.R.S. and Chow, E. and Ashbrook, D.G. and Williams, R.W. and Zwicker, J.G. and Goldowitz, D.
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12859
2023Beginning power mobility: parent and therapist perspectives
Disability and Rehabilitation
Roslyn Livingstone and Debra Field and Colleen Sanderson and Nicole Pineau and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2020.1842916
06/2022Brain functional connectivity in children with developmental coordination disorder following rehabilitation intervention
Pediatric Research
Sara Izadi-Najafabadi and Shie Rinat and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01517-3
05/2022How does brain structure and function on MRI differ in children with autism spectrum disorder, developmental coordination disorder, and/or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
Kangarani-Farahani, M. and Izadi-Najafabadi, S. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1002/jdn.10228
2022Investigating mouse motor coordination using quantitative trait locus analysis to model the genetic underpinnings of developmental coordination disorder
bioRxiv
Gill, K. and Rajan, J.R.S. and Chow, E. and Ashbrook, D.G. and Williams, R.W. and Zwicker, J.G. and Goldowitz, D.
DOI: 10.1101/2022.06.07.495138
2022Cerebellar Differences after Rehabilitation in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
Brain Sciences
Gill, K.K. and Lang, D. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.3390/brainsci12070856
2022Early feeding behaviours of extremely preterm infants predict neurodevelopmental outcomes
Early Human Development
Rinat, S. and Mackay, M. and Synnes, A. and Holsti, L. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2022.105647
2022Developmental Coordination Disorder: What Can We Learn From Recombinant Inbred Mice Using Motor Learning Tasks and Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis
bioRxiv
Gill, K. and Rajan, J.R.S. and Chow, E. and Ashbrook, D.G. and Williams, R.W. and Zwicker, J.G. and Goldowitz, D.
DOI: 10.1101/2022.05.18.492177
2022Training Intervention and Program of Support for Fostering the Adoption of Family-Centered Telehealth in Pediatric Rehabilitation: Protocol for a Multimethod, Prospective, Hybrid Type 3 Implementation-Effectiveness Study
JMIR Research Protocols
Hurtubise, K. and Gaboury, I. and Berbari, J. and Battista, M.-C. and Schuster, T. and Phoenix, M. and Rosenbaum, P. and De Camargo, O.K. and Lovo, S. and Pritchard-Wiart, L. and Zwicker, J.G. and Beaudoin, A.J. and Morin, M. and Poder, T. and Gagnon, M.-P. and Roch, G. and Levac, D. and Tousignant, M. and Colquhoun, H. and Miller, K. and Churchill, J. and Robeson, P. and Ruegg, A. and Nault, M. and Camden, C.
DOI: 10.2196/40218
2022Cerebellar and brainstem differences in children with developmental coordination disorder: A voxel-based morphometry study
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
Gill, K.K. and Lang, D. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.921505
2022Experiences of Children and Youth With Concussion: A Qualitative Study
American Journal of Occupational Therapy
Moen, E. and McLean, A. and Boyd, L.A. and Schmidt, J. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.5014/AJOT.2022.047597
2022An interactive serious game to Target perspective taking skills among children with ASD: A usability testing
Behaviour & Information Technology
Parisa Ghanouni and Tal Jarus and Jill G. Zwicker and Joseph Lucyshyn
DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2020.1776770
12/2021Evidence for Pre-printing Interventions: A Scoping Review
Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention
Erin Klein and Ivonne Montgomery and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1080/19411243.2021.1875389
10/2021Theory and Evidence for Pre-printing Development: A Scoping Review
Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention
Erin Klein and Ivonne Montgomery and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1080/19411243.2021.1875388
10/2021Evidence of altered interhemispheric communication after pediatric concussion
Brain Injury
Julia Schmidt and Katlyn E. Brown and Samantha J. Feldman and Shelina Babul and Jill G. Zwicker and Lara A. Boyd
DOI: 10.1080/02699052.2021.1929485
08/2021Early identification of children with/at risk of developmental coordination disorder: a scoping review
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
Emily J Lee and Jill G Zwicker
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.14803
06/2021Early intervention for children with/at risk of developmental coordination disorder: a scoping review
Developmental Medicine & Child Neurology
Jill G Zwicker and Emily J Lee
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.14804
06/2021Web-based early intervention for children with motor difficulties aged 3–8 years old using multimodal rehabilitation (WECARE): protocol of a patient-centred pragmatic randomised trial of paediatric telerehabilitation to support families
BMJ Open
Chantal Camden and Jill G Zwicker and Melanie Morin and Tibor Schuster and Melanie Couture and Thomas G Poder and Desiree B Maltais and Marie-Claude Battista and Jean-Patrice Baillargeon and Mathieu Goyette and Gabrielle Pratte and Karen Hurtubise and Michelle Phoenix and Tram Nguyen and Jade Berbari and Michel Tousignant
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-046561
04/2021Awareness and knowledge of developmental coordination disorder: A survey of caregivers, teachers, allied health professionals and medical professionals in Australia
Child: Care, Health and Development
Jacqui Hunt and Jill G Zwicker and Erin Godecke and Annette Raynor
DOI: 10.1111/cch.12824
03/2021Parents’ Experience with the CO-OP Approach: A Consolidation of Three Qualitative Investigations
Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Rose Martini and Julie Capistran and Jazz Centauro and Eva Coego and Mayoore Nadarajah and Josée Venne and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1177/0008417420968680
03/2021Association of Gestational Age and Developmental Coordination Disorder
JAMA Network Open
Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.37599
2021Assessment, diagnosis and management of developmental coordination disorder,L'évaluation, le diagnostic et la prise en charge du trouble développemental de la coordination
Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)
Ip, A. and Mickelson, E.C.R. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxab049
2021Early motor function of children with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review
Pediatrics
Lim, Y.H. and Licari, M. and Spittle, A.J. and Watkins, R.E. and Zwicker, J.G. and Downs, J. and Finlay-Jones, A.
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2020-011270
2021Maternal age and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants < 29 weeks gestational age
Journal of Perinatology
DiLabio, J. and Zwicker, J.G. and Sherlock, R. and Daspal, S. and Shah, P.S. and Shah, V.
DOI: 10.1038/s41372-020-0735-9
2021Mode of delivery and neonatal outcomes in extremely preterm Vertex/nonVertex twins
American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Hiersch, L. and Shah, P.S. and Khurshid, F. and Masse, E. and Murphy, K. and McDonald, S.D. and Carson, G. and Barrett, J. and Melamed, N. and Ting, J. and Cieslak, Z. and Sherlock, R. and Abou Mehrem, A. and Toye, J. and Fajardo, C. and Kalapesi, Z. and Bodani, J. and Sankaran, K. and Daspal, S. and Seshia, M. and Louis, D. and Alvaro, R. and Mukerji, A. and Da Silva, O. and Adie, M. and Lee, K.-S. and Dunn, M. and Lemyre, B. and Pelausa, E. and Barrington, K. and Lapoint, A. and Ethier, G. and Drolet, C. and Piedboeuf, B. and Claveau, M. and Beltempo, M. and Bertelle, V. and Canning, R. and Makary, H. and Ojah, C. and Monterrosa, L. and Emberley, J. and Afifi, J. and Kajetanowicz, A. and Lee, S.K. and Abenhaim, H. and Andrews, J. and Armson, A. and Audibert, F. and Aziz, K. and Ballantyne, M. and Berard, A. and Blais, L. and Bocking, A. and Burrows, J. and Butt, K. and Chaillet, N. and Chandra, S. and Church, P. and Coughlin, K. and Crane, J. and Creighton, D. and Daboval, T. and Dahlgren, L. and de Cabo, C. and Deshpandey, A. and Dow, K. and el Helou, S. and El-Chaar, D. and El-Naggar, W. and Foster, J. and Gagnon, R. and Gratton, R. and Han, V. and Harrison, A. and Hasan, S. and Helewa, M. and Hicks, M. and Joseph, K.S. and Lacaze-Masmonteil, T. and Lodha, A. and Luu, T.M. and Ly, L. and Majnemer, A. and Marc, I. and McMillan, D. and Metcalfe, A. and Moddemann, D. and Morais, M. and Mundle, W. and Murphy, L. and Nuyt, A.-M. and Nwaesei, C. and O{'}Brien, K. and Offringa, M. and Ouellet, A. and Pasquier, J.-C. and Pechlivanoglou, P. and Portales-Casamar, E. and Premji, S. and Puligandla, P. and Pullenayegum, E. and Reichert, A. and Robson, K. and Schneider, C. and Shah, V. and Shivananda, S. and Singhal, N. and Skarsgard, E. and Skoll, A. and Smith, G. and Synnes, A. and Th{\'e}riault, K. and Tough, S. and Ubhi, J. and Vincer, M. and Whittle, W. and Whyte, H. and Wilson, D. and Wood, S. and Ye, P. and Yee, W. and Zwicker, J.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajog.2020.12.002
2021The unmet clinical needs of children with developmental coordination disorder
Pediatric Research
Licari, M.K. and Alvares, G.A. and Bernie, C. and Elliott, C. and Evans, K.L. and McIntyre, S. and Pillar, S.V. and Reynolds, J.E. and Reid, S.L. and Spittle, A.J. and Whitehouse, A.J.O. and Zwicker, J.G. and Williams, J.
DOI: 10.1038/s41390-021-01373-1
2021Rates and Determinants of Mother's Own Milk Feeding in Infants Born Very Preterm
Journal of Pediatrics
Dharel, D. and Singhal, N. and Wood, C. and Cieslak, Z. and Bacchini, F. and Shah, P.S. and Ye, X.Y. and Alshaikh, B. and Abenhaim, H. and Afifi, J. and Alvaro, R. and Andrews, J. and Armson, A. and Audibert, F. and Aziz, K. and Ballantyne, M. and Barrett, J. and Beltempo, M. and Berard, A. and Bertelle, V. and Blais, L. and Bocking, A. and Bodani, J. and Burrows, J. and Butt, K. and Canning, R. and Carson, G. and Chaillet, N. and Chandra, S. and Church, P. and Coughlin, K. and Crane, J. and Creighton, D. and Da Silva, O. and Daboval, T. and Dahlgren, L. and Daspal, S. and de Cabo, C. and Deshpandey, A. and Dow, K. and Drolet, C. and Dunn, M. and el Helou, S. and El-Chaar, D. and El-Naggar, W. and Fajardo, C. and Foster, J. and Gagnon, R. and Gratton, R. and Han, V. and Harrison, A. and Hasan, S. and Helewa, M. and Hicks, M. and Joseph, K.S. and Kajetanowicz, A. and Kalapesi, Z. and Khairy, M. and Lacaze-Masmonteil, T. and Lee, K.-S. and Lemyre, B. and Lodha, A. and Louis, D. and Mai Luu, T. and Ly, L. and Majnemer, A. and Makary, H. and Marc, I. and Masse, E. and McDonald, S.D. and McMillan, D. and Melamed, N. and Metcalfe, A. and Moddemann, D. and Monterrosa, L. and Morais, M. and Mukerji, A. and Mundle, W. and Murphy, L. and Murphy, K. and Nuyt, A.-M. and Nwaesei, C. and O{'}Brien, K. and Offringa, M. and Ojah, C. and Ouellet, A. and Pasquier, J.-C. and Pechlivanoglou, P. and Pelausa, E. and Piedboeuf, B. and Portales-Casamar, E. and Premji, S. and Puligandla, P. and Pullenayegum, E. and Reichert, A. and Schneider, C. and Seshia, M. and Shah, V. and Sherlock, R. and Shivananda, S. and Skarsgard, E. and Skoll, A. and Smith, G. and Synnes, A. and Th{\'e}riault, K. and Ting, J. and Tough, S. and Toye, J. and Ubhi, J. and Vincer, M. and Whittle, W. and Whyte, H. and Wilson, D. and Wood, S. and Ye, P. and Yee, W. and Zwicker, J.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.04.037
2021Costs of Neonatal Intensive Care for Canadian Infants with Preterm Birth
Journal of Pediatrics
Rios, J.D. and Shah, P.S. and Beltempo, M. and Louis, D. and Mukerji, A. and Premji, S. and Shah, V. and Lee, S.K. and Pechlivanoglou, P. and Abenhaim, H. and Afifi, J. and Alvaro, R. and Andrews, J. and Armson, A. and Audibert, F. and Aziz, K. and Ballantyne, M. and Barrett, J. and Berard, A. and Bertelle, V. and Blais, L. and Bocking, A. and Bodani, J. and Burrows, J. and Butt, K. and Canning, R. and Carson, G. and Chaillet, N. and Chandra, S. and Church, P. and Cieslak, Z. and Crane, J. and Creighton, D. and Da Silva, O. and Daboval, T. and Dahlgren, L. and Daspal, S. and de Cabo, C. and Deshpandey, A. and Dow, K. and Drolet, C. and Dunn, M. and Salhab el Helou and El-Chaar, D. and El-Naggar, W. and Fajardo, C. and Gagnon, R. and Gratton, R. and Han, V. and Harrison, A. and Hasan, S. and Helewa, M. and Hicks, M. and Joseph, K.S. and Kajetanowicz, A. and Kalapesi, Z. and Khairy, M. and Lacaze-Masmonteil, T. and Lee, K.-S. and Lemyre, B. and Lodha, A. and Mai Luu, T. and Ly, L. and Majnemer, A. and Makary, H. and Marc, I. and Masse, E. and McDonald, S.D. and McMillan, D. and Melamed, N. and Metcalfe, A. and Moddemann, D. and Monterrosa, L. and Morais, M. and Mundle, W. and Murphy, L. and Murphy, K. and Nuyt, A.-M. and Nwaesei, C. and O{'}Brien, K. and Offringa, M. and Ojah, C. and Ouellet, A. and Pasquier, J.-C. and Pelausa, E. and Piedboeuf, B. and Portales-Casamar, E. and Puligandla, P. and Pullenayegum, E. and Reichert, A. and Robson, K. and Schneider, C. and Seshia, M. and Sherlock, R. and Shivananda, S. and Singhal, N. and Skarsgard, E. and Skoll, A. and Smith, G. and Synnes, A. and Th{\'e}riault, K. and Ting, J. and Tough, S. and Toye, J. and Ubhi, J. and Vincer, M. and Whittle, W. and Whyte, H. and Wilson, D. and Wood, S. and Ye, P. and Yee, W. and Zwicker, J. and Jaideep Kanungo and Mehrem, A.A. and Sankaran, K. and Adie, M. and Khurshid, F. and Barrington, K. and Lapoint, A. and Ethier, G. and Claveau, M. and Emberley, J.
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2020.09.045
2021Assessment, diagnosis, and management of developmental coordination disorder
Paediatrics and Child Health (Canada)
Ip, A. and Mickelson, E.C.R. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1093/pch/pxab047
2021Association of timing of birth with mortality among preterm infants born in Canada
Journal of Perinatology
Rizzolo, A. and Shah, P.S. and Bertelle, V. and Makary, H. and Ye, X.Y. and Abenhaim, H.A. and Piedboeuf, B. and Beltempo, M. and Afifi, J. and Alvaro, R. and Andrews, J. and Armson, A. and Audibert, F. and Aziz, K. and Ballantyne, M. and Barrett, J. and Berard, A. and Bertelle, V. and Blais, L. and Bocking, A. and Bodani, J. and Burrows, J. and Butt, K. and Canning, R. and Carson, G. and Chaillet, N. and Chandra, S. and Church, P. and Cieslak, Z. and Coughlin, K. and Crane, J. and Creighton, D. and Da Silva, O. and Daboval, T. and Dahlgren, L. and Daspal, S. and de Cabo, C. and Deshpandey, A. and Dow, K. and Drolet, C. and Dunn, M. and el Helou, S. and El-Chaar, D. and El-Naggar, W. and Fajardo, C. and Foster, J. and Gagnon, R. and Gratton, R. and Han, V. and Harrison, A. and Hasan, S. and Helewa, M. and Hicks, M. and Joseph, K.S. and Kajetanowicz, A. and Kalapesi, Z. and Khairy, M. and Lacaze-Masmonteil, T. and Lee, K.-S. and Lemyre, B. and Lodha, A. and Louis, D. and Luu, T.M. and Ly, L. and Majnemer, A. and Makary, H. and Marc, I. and Masse, E. and McDonald, S.D. and McMillan, D. and Melamed, N. and Metcalfe, A. and Moddemann, D. and Monterrosa, L. and Morais, M. and Mukerji, A. and Mundle, W. and Murphy, L. and Murphy, K. and Nuyt, A.-M. and Nwaesei, C. and O?Brien, K. and Offringa, M. and Ojah, C. and Ouellet, A. and Pasquier, J.-C. and Pechlivanoglou, P. and Pelausa, E. and Piedboeuf, B. and Portales-Casamar, E. and Premji, S. and Puligandla, P. and Pullenayegum, E. and Reichert, A. and Robson, K. and Schneider, C. and Seshia, M. and Shah, P.S. and Shah, V. and Sherlock, R. and Shivananda, S. and Singhal, N. and Skarsgard, E. and Skoll, A. and Smith, G. and Synnes, A. and Th{\'e}riault, K. and Ting, J. and Tough, S. and Toye, J. and Ubhi, J. and Vincer, M. and Whittle, W. and Whyte, H. and Wilson, D. and Wood, S. and Ye, P. and Yee, W. and Zwicker, J.
DOI: 10.1038/s41372-021-01092-9
2021Benefit of antenatal corticosteroids by year of birth among preterm infants in Canada during 2003–2017: a population-based cohort study
BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Melamed, N. and Murphy, K. and Barrett, J. and Asztalos, E. and McDonald, S.D. and Yoon, E.W. and Shah, P.S. and Kanungo, J. and Ting, J. and Cieslak, Z. and Sherlock, R. and Mehrem, A.A. and Toye, J. and Fajardo, C. and Kalapesi, Z. and Bodani, J. and Sankaran, K. and Daspal, S. and Seshia, M. and Louis, D. and Alvaro, R. and Mukerji, A. and Da Silva, O. and Adie, M. and Lee, K.-S. and Dunn, M. and Lemyre, B. and Khurshid, F. and Pelausa, E. and Barrington, K. and Lapoint, A. and Ethier, G. and Drolet, C. and Piedboeuf, B. and Claveau, M. and Beltempo, M. and Bertelle, V. and Masse, E. and Canning, R. and Makary, H. and Ojah, C. and Monterrosa, L. and Emberley, J. and Afifi, J. and Kajetanowicz, A. and Lee, S.K. and Abenhaim, H. and Andrews, J. and Armson, A. and Audibert, F. and Aziz, K. and Ballantyne, M. and Berard, A. and Blais, L. and Bocking, A. and Burrows, J. and Butt, K. and Carson, G. and Chaillet, N. and Chandra, S. and Church, P. and Coughlin, K. and Crane, J. and Creighton, D. and Daboval, T. and Dahlgren, L. and de Cabo, C. and Deshpandey, A. and Dow, K. and el Helou, S. and El-Chaar, D. and El-Naggar, W. and Foster, J. and Gagnon, R. and Gratton, R. and Han, V. and Harrison, A. and Hasan, S. and Helewa, M. and Hicks, M. and Joseph, K.S. and Khairy, M. and Lacaze-Masmonteil, T. and Lodha, A. and Luu, M. and Ly, L. and Majnemer, A. and Marc, I. and McMillan, D. and Metcalfe, A. and Moddemann, D. and Morais, M. and Mundle, W. and Murphy, L. and Nuyt, A.-M. and Nwaesei, C. and O{'}Brien, K. and Offringa, M. and Ouellet, A. and Pasquier, J.-C. and Pechlivanoglou, P. and Portales-Casamar, E. and Premji, S. and Puligandla, P. and Pullenayegum, E. and Reichert, A. and Robson, K. and Schneider, C. and Shah, V. and Shivananda, S. and Singhal, N. and Skarsgard, E. and Skoll, A. and Smith, G. and Synnes, A. and Th{\'e}riault, K. and Tough, S. and Ubhi, J. and Vincer, M. and Whittle, W. and Whyte, H. and Wilson, D. and Wood, S. and Ye, P. and Yee, W. and Zwicker, J.
DOI: 10.1111/1471-0528.16511
2021Developmental coordination disorder
Diagnosis, Management and Modeling of Neurodevelopmental Disorders: The Neuroscience of Development
Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-12-817988-8.00027-0
2021The Use of Technologies Among Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorders: Barriers and Challenges
Journal of Special Education Technology
Parisa Ghanouni and Tal Jarus and Jill G. Zwicker and Joseph Lucyshyn
DOI: 10.1177/0162643419888765
12/2020CO-OP for Children with DCD: Goals Addressed and Strategies Used
Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Sara P. Schwartz and Sarah R. K. Northrup and Sara Izadi-Najafabadi and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1177/0008417420941980
10/2020Training-Induced Neuroplasticity in Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
Current Developmental Disorders Reports
Sara Izadi-Najafabadi and Kamaldeep K. Gill and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1007/s40474-020-00191-0
06/2020Using a mouse model to gain insights into developmental coordination disorder
Genes, Brain and Behavior
Kamaldeep K. Gill and Jeffy Rajan Soundara Rajan and Daniel Goldowitz and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1111/gbb.12647
04/2020Vincristine-induced peripheral neurotoxicity: A prospective cohort
Pediatric Hematology and Oncology
Nassr Nama and Mikaela K. Barker and Celia Kwan and Cheryl Sabarre and Veronica Solimano and Anne Rankin and Jennifer Raabe and Colin J. Ross and Bruce Carleton and Jill G. Zwicker and Shahrad Rod Rassekh
DOI: 10.1080/08880018.2019.1677832
01/2020Use of Printing like a Pro! in a School-Based Printing Club to Improve Handwriting Legibility in Primary Grade Students
Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention
Ivonne Montgomery and Jill G Zwicker
DOI: 10.1080/19411243.2019.1604289
01/2020Children with developmental coordination disorder show altered functional connectivity compared to peers
NeuroImage: Clinical
Rinat, S. and Izadi-Najafabadi, S. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1016/j.nicl.2020.102309
2020Design Elements during Development of Videogame Programs for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Stakeholders' Viewpoints
Games for Health Journal
Ghanouni, P. and Jarus, T. and Zwicker, J.G. and Lucyshyn, J. and Fenn, B. and Stokley, E.
DOI: 10.1089/g4h.2019.0070
2020Differences in White Matter Microstructure among Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
JAMA Network Open
Meisan, B.L. and Sara, I.N. and Tim F., O. and Alexander, R. and Jill G., Z.
DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2020.1184
2020Concurrent Validity of the Bayley-III and the Peabody Developmental Motor Scales-2 at 18 Months
Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics
Kamaldeep Gill and Alan Osiovich and Anne Synnes and Jennifer A. Agnew and Ruth E. Grunau and Steven P. Miller and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1080/01942638.2018.1546255
09/2019Comparing Standardized and Parent-Reported Motor Outcomes of Extremely Preterm Infants
Children
Maeve Morgan-Feir and Andrea Abbott and Anne Synnes and Dianne Creighton and Thevanisha Pillay and Jill Zwicker
DOI: 10.3390/children6080090
08/2019Rehabilitation-induced brain changes detected through magnetic resonance imaging in children with neurodevelopmental disorders: A systematic review
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
Sara Izadi-Najafabadi and Shie Rinat and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2018.12.001
04/2019Does the Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2 at 3 years of age predict developmental coordination disorder at 4.5 years of age in children born very preterm?
Research in Developmental Disabilities
Clarice Kwok and Margot Mackay and Jennifer A. Agnew and Anne Synnes and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2018.04.003
01/2019Participation of children with developmental coordination disorder
Research in Developmental Disabilities
Sara Izadi-Najafabadi and Nikki Ryan and Gelareh Ghafooripoor and Kamaldeep Gill and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2018.05.011
01/2019Neurologic Examination Findings Associated With Small Cerebellar Volumes After Prematurity
Journal of Child Neurology
Tam, E.W.Y. and Chau, V. and Lavoie, R. and Chakravarty, M.M. and Guo, T. and Synnes, A. and Zwicker, J. and Grunau, R. and Miller, S.P.
DOI: 10.1177/0883073819847925
2019Social Stories for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Validating the Content of a Virtual Reality Program
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Ghanouni, P. and Jarus, T. and Zwicker, J.G. and Lucyshyn, J. and Mow, K. and Ledingham, A.
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-018-3737-0
2019Recruitment, use, and satisfaction with a web platform supporting families of children with suspected or diagnosed developmental coordination disorder: a randomized feasibility trial
Developmental Neurorehabilitation
Camden, C. and Couture, M. and Pratte, G. and Morin, M. and Roberge, P. and Poder, T. and Maltais, D.B. and Jasmin, E. and Hurtubise, K. and Ducreux, E. and L{\'e}ger, F. and Zwicker, J. and Berbari, J. and Fallon, F. and Tousignant, M.
DOI: 10.1080/17518423.2018.1523243
2019Predictive connectome subnetwork extraction with anatomical and connectivity priors
Computerized Medical Imaging and Graphics
Brown, C.J. and Miller, S.P. and Booth, B.G. and Zwicker, J.G. and Grunau, R.E. and Synnes, A.R. and Chau, V. and Hamarneh, G.
DOI: 10.1016/j.compmedimag.2018.08.009
2019Perceived Barriers and Existing Challenges in Participation of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: “He Did Not Understand and No One Else Seemed to Understand Him”
Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Ghanouni, P. and Jarus, T. and Zwicker, J.G. and Lucyshyn, J. and Chauhan, S. and Moir, C.
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-019-04036-7
2019Health-related quality of life of children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
Research in Developmental Disabilities
Karras, H.C. and Morin, D.N. and Gill, K. and Izadi-Najafabadi, S. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2018.05.012
2019Pattern of Brain Injury Predicts Long-Term Epilepsy Following Neonatal Encephalopathy
Journal of Child Neurology
Xu, Q. and Chau, V. and Sanguansermsri, C. and Muir, K.E. and Tam, E.W.Y. and Miller, S.P. and Wong, D.S.T. and Chen, H. and Wong, P.K.H. and Zwicker, J.G. and Poskitt, K.J. and Hill, A. and Roland, E.H.
DOI: 10.1177/0883073818822361
2019Electrophysiological Responses to Emotional Facial Expressions in Individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Systematic Review
Review Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Parisa Ghanouni and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1007/s40489-018-0134-8
09/2018Mu Suppression Is Sensitive to Observational Practice but Results in Different Patterns of Activation in Comparison with Physical Practice
Neural Plasticity
DOI: 10.1155/2018/8309483
05/2018Developmental coordination disorder is more than a motor problem: Children describe the impact of daily struggles on their quality of life
British Journal of Occupational Therapy
Jill G Zwicker and Melinda Suto and Susan R Harris and Nikol Vlasakova and Cheryl Missiuna
DOI: 10.1177/0308022617735046
02/2018Imaging in pediatric concussion: A systematic review
Pediatrics
Schmidt, J. and Hayward, K.S. and Brown, K.E. and Zwicker, J.G. and Ponsford, J. and Van Donkelaar, P. and Babul, S. and Boyd, L.A.
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2017-3406
2018Severe retinopathy of prematurity predicts delayed white matter maturation and poorer neurodevelopment.
Archives of disease in childhood. Fetal and neonatal edition
Glass TJA and Chau V and Gardiner J and Foong J and Vinall J and Zwicker JG and Grunau RE and Synnes A and Poskitt KJ and Miller SP
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2016-312533
PubMed: 28536205
11/2017Intervention and management of developmental coordination disorder: Are we providing evidence-based services?
Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Renée Withers and Yoyo Tsang and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1177/0008417417712285
06/2017The content of a virtual reality program for children with autism: Incorporating stakeholders' input
2017 International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation (ICVR)
Parisa Ghanouni and Tal Jarus and Jill G. Zwicker and Kristin Mow and Alyssa Ledingham
DOI: 10.1109/icvr.2017.8007464
06/2017Occupational therapists' awareness of guidelines for assessment and diagnosis of developmental coordination disorder: Mesure selon laquelle les ergothérapeutes connaissent les lignes directrices relatives à l'évaluation et au diagnostic du trouble du développement de la coordination.
Canadian journal of occupational therapy. Revue canadienne d'ergotherapie
Karkling M and Paul A and Zwicker JG
DOI: 10.1177/0008417417700915
PubMed: 28730904
06/2017Neuroimaging and Occupational Therapy: Bridging the Gap to Advance Rehabilitation in Developmental Coordination Disorder
Journal of Motor Behavior
Brown-Lum, M. and Zwicker, J.G.
DOI: 10.1080/00222895.2016.1271295
2017Developing a client-centered tele-rehabilitation virtual reality program for children with autism to address socio-emotional skills
International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation, ICVR
Ghanouni, P. and Jarus, T. and Zwicker, J.G. and Chauhan, S. and Moir, C. and Stokley, E. and Fenn, B.
DOI: 10.1109/ICVR.2017.8007463
2017BrainNetCNN: Convolutional neural networks for brain networks; towards predicting neurodevelopment
NeuroImage
Kawahara, J. and Brown, C.J. and Miller, S.P. and Booth, B.G. and Chau, V. and Grunau, R.E. and Zwicker, J.G. and Hamarneh, G.
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroimage.2016.09.046
2017Prediction of brain network age and factors of delayed maturation in very preterm infants
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Brown, C.J. and Moriarty, K.P. and Miller, S.P. and Booth, B.G. and Zwicker, J.G. and Grunau, R.E. and Synnes, A.R. and Chau, V. and Hamarneh, G.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-66182-7_10
2017Smaller Cerebellar Growth and Poorer Neurodevelopmental Outcomes in Very Preterm Infants Exposed to Neonatal Morphine
The Journal of Pediatrics
Jill G. Zwicker and Steven P. Miller and Ruth E. Grunau and Vann Chau and Rollin Brant and Colin Studholme and Mengyuan Liu and Anne Synnes and Kenneth J. Poskitt and Mikaela L. Stiver and Emily W.Y. Tam
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.12.024
05/2016Reliability of Early Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) and Necessity of Repeating MRI in Noncooled and Cooled Infants With Neonatal Encephalopathy.
Chakkarapani E and Poskitt KJ and Miller SP and Zwicker JG and Xu Q and Wong DS and Roland EH and Hill A and Chau V
DOI: 10.1177/0883073815600865
PubMed: 26323498
04/2016Developmental Coordination Disorder and Its Consequences
APAQ
Jill G. Zwicker and University of British Columbia and Vancouver and BC and Canada.
DOI: 10.1123/apaq.2015-0089
01/2016Predictive subnetwork extraction with structural priors for infant connectomes
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Brown, C.J. and Miller, S.P. and Booth, B.G. and Zwicker, J.G. and Grunau, R.E. and Synnes, A.R. and Chau, V. and Hamarneh, G.
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-46720-7_21
2016Parents' experiences of splinting programs for babies with congenital limb anomalies
PRM
Kim M. Durlacher and Cynthia Verchere and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.3233/prm-150337
09/2015Tract-Based Spatial Statistics in Preterm-Born Neonates Predicts Cognitive and Motor Outcomes at 18 Months.
Duerden EG and Foong J and Chau V and Branson H and Poskitt KJ and Grunau RE and Synnes A and Zwicker JG and Miller SP
DOI: 10.3174/ajnr.A4312
PubMed: 25929880
08/2015Neonatal Pain and Infection Relate to Smaller Cerebellum in Very Preterm Children at School Age
The Journal of Pediatrics
Manon Ranger and Jill G. Zwicker and Cecil M.Y. Chau and Min Tae M. Park and M. Mallar Chakravarthy and Kenneth Poskitt and Steven P. Miller and Bruce H. Bjornson and Emily W.Y. Tam and Vann Chau and Anne R. Synnes and Ruth E. Grunau
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2015.04.055
08/2015Diagnosis and management of developmental coordination disorder.
Harris SR and Mickelson EC and Zwicker JG
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.140994
PubMed: 26009588
06/2015Sensory Processing and Sleep in Typically Developing Infants and Toddlers
Am J Occup Ther
Mark Vasak and James Williamson and Jennifer Garden and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2015.015891
05/2015Brain Imaging Increases Our Understanding of Developmental Coordination Disorder: a Review of Literature and Future Directions
Curr Dev Disord Rep
Meisan Brown-Lum and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1007/s40474-015-0046-6
03/2015Effect of internal versus external focus of attention on implicit motor learning in children with developmental coordination disorder
Research in Developmental Disabilities
Tal Jarus and Parisa Ghanouni and Rachel L. Abel and Shelby L. Fomenoff and Jocelyn Lundberg and Stephanie Davidson and Sarah Caswell and Laura Bickerton and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2014.11.009
02/2015Sensory Processing Patterns in Children Born Very Preterm
Am J Occup Ther
Stephanie C. Crozier and Jennifer Z. Goodson and Margot L. Mackay and Anne R. Synnes and Ruth E. Grunau and Steven P. Miller and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.5014/ajot.2016.018747
2015Early neonatal pain exposure and brain microstructure interact to predict neurodevelopmental outcomes at 18 months corrected age in children born very preterm
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
Jillian Vinall and Jill G. Zwicker and Ruth E. Grunau and Vann Chau and Kenneth J. Poskitt and Rollin Brant and Anne R. Synnes and Steven P. Miller
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2015.04.132
2015Prediction of Motor Function in Very Preterm Infants Using Connectome Features and Local Synthetic Instances
Medical Image Computing and Computer-Assisted Intervention -- MICCAI 2015
Colin J. Brown and Steven P. Miller and Brian G. Booth and Kenneth J. Poskitt and Vann Chau and Anne R. Synnes and Jill G. Zwicker and Ruth E. Grunau and Ghassan Hamarneh
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-24553-9_9
2015Comment on the Paper by van den Bosch et al. Entitled ¿Prematurity, Opioid Exposure and Neonatal Pain: Do They Affect the Developing Brain': The Impact of Subtle Messaging
Neonatology
Liisa Holsti and Jill G. Zwicker and Ruth E. Grunau
DOI: 10.1159/000442081
2015Parent perspectives on occupational therapy assessment reports
br j occup ther
Elizabeth Makepeace and Jill G Zwicker
DOI: 10.4276/030802214x14151078348396
11/2014Effectiveness of a Summer Camp Intervention for Children with Developmental Coordination Disorder
Physical & Occupational Therapy In Pediatrics
Jill G. Zwicker and Harpreet Rehal and Sharan Sodhi and Morgan Karkling and Alissa Paul and Mike Hilliard and Tal Jarus
DOI: 10.3109/01942638.2014.957431
09/2014Vincristine and fine motor function of children with acute lymphoblastic leukemia
Canadian Journal of Occupational Therapy
Cheryl L. Sabarre and Shahrad R. Rassekh and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1177/0008417414539926
07/2014Motor impairment in very preterm infants: implications for clinical practice and research
Dev Med Child Neurol
Jill G Zwicker
DOI: 10.1111/dmcn.12454
04/2014The Knowledge translation Café at the 2014 CAOT conference: Closing the gap between presenters and participants
Occupational Therapy Now
Restall, G. and Cantin, N. and Law, M. and Montgomery, I. and Phelan, S. and Zwicker, J.G. and Anaby, D.
2014Quality of life domains affected in children with developmental coordination disorder: a systematic review.
Zwicker JG and Harris SR and Klassen AF
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2214.2012.01379.x
PubMed: 22515477
07/2013Score for Neonatal Acute Physiology–II and Neonatal Pain Predict Corticospinal Tract Development in Premature Newborns
Pediatric Neurology
Jill G. Zwicker and Ruth E. Grunau and Elysia Adams and Vann Chau and Rollin Brant and Kenneth J. Poskitt and Anne Synnes and Steven P. Miller
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2012.10.016
02/2013Perinatal and neonatal predictors of developmental coordination disorder in very low birthweight children.
Zwicker JG and Yoon SW and Mackay M and Petrie-Thomas J and Rogers M and Synnes AR
DOI: 10.1136/archdischild-2012-302268
PubMed: 23264434
02/2013Motorische Ungeschicklichkeit aus der Perspektive der Neurowissenschaft
Zeitschrift für Sportpsychologie
Jill Zwicker and Benjamin Holfelder
DOI: 10.1026/1612-5010/a000087
01/2013KT & OT: Power of partnership: Development of printing like a pro! using the knowledge-to-action framework,L'application des connaissances en ergothérapie: Le pouvoir des partenariats: Création du programme printing like a pro! à l'aide du Processus des connaissances à la pratique
Occupational Therapy Now
Montgomery, I. and Zwicker, J.G.
2013Developmental coordination disorder: A review and update
European Journal of Paediatric Neurology
Jill G. Zwicker and Cheryl Missiuna and Susan R. Harris and Lara A. Boyd
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpn.2012.05.005
11/2012Developmental Coordination Disorder: A Pilot Diffusion Tensor Imaging Study
Pediatric Neurology
Jill G. Zwicker and Cheryl Missiuna and Susan R. Harris and Lara A. Boyd
DOI: 10.1016/j.pediatrneurol.2011.12.007
03/2012Canadian Pain Society Abstracts, 2012.
2012Developmental Coordination Disorder in School-Aged Children Born Very Preterm and/or at Very Low Birth Weight: A Systematic Review
Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics
Jessica Edwards and Michelle Berube and Kelcey Erlandson and Stephanie Haug and Heather Johnstone and Meghan Meagher and Shirley Sarkodee-Adoo and Jill G. Zwicker
DOI: 10.1097/dbp.0b013e31822a396a
11/2011Brain activation associated with motor skill practice in children with developmental coordination disorder: an fMRI study
International Journal of Developmental Neuroscience
Jill G. Zwicker and Cheryl Missiuna and Susan R. Harris and Lara A. Boyd
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijdevneu.2010.12.002
04/2011Brain activation of children with developmental coordination disorder is different than peers.
Zwicker JG and Missiuna C and Harris SR and Boyd LA
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2010-0059
PubMed: 20713484
09/2010Effectiveness of Treadmill Training in Children With Motor Impairments
Pediatric Physical Therapy
Jill G. Zwicker and Tanja A. Mayson
DOI: 10.1097/pep.0b013e3181f92e54
2010Neural correlates of developmental coordination disorder: a review of hypotheses.
Zwicker JG and Missiuna C and Boyd LA
DOI: 10.1177/0883073809333537
PubMed: 19687388
10/2009A reflection on motor learning theory in pediatric occupational therapy practice.
Zwicker JG and Harris SR
DOI: 10.1177/000841740907600108
PubMed: 19341020
02/2009Cognitive versus Multisensory Approaches to Handwriting Intervention: A Randomized Controlled Trial
OTJR: Occupation, Participation and Health
Jill G. Zwicker and Allyson F. Hadwin
DOI: 10.1177/153944920902900106
01/2009Quality of life of formerly preterm and very low birth weight infants from preschool age to adulthood: a systematic review.
Zwicker JG and Harris SR
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2007-0169
PubMed: 18245409
02/2008 - Research
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Current Projects
JUMP for DCD
This research clinic partners with community pediatricians to facilitate a diagnosis of DCD. Families come for an occupational therapy assessment to determine if their child meets the diagnostic criteria for DCD. In addition to child-specific recommendations, families also become part of a DCD database for future studies and family engagement opportunities. Pediatricians receive a detailed report of findings and how the child meets/does not meet diagnostic criteria for DCD, as well as a DCD Toolkit for Pediatricians developed by our team that outlines current international clinical practice guidelines for DCD diagnosis. Only physicians (and psychologists) can make the diagnosis but they often require motor and functional assessments by an occupational or physical therapist to inform the diagnosis. The purpose of the JUMP study is to Join Up Motor assessments with Pediatricians so they can make (or rule out) the diagnosis. We hope to use findings from this study to show that this is an effective model to facilitate diagnosis of this under-recognized condition.DCD Toolkit for Primary Care Providers and DCD Toolkit for Families
In order to facilitate earlier identification of DCD, we are partnering with family physicians, nurse practitioners, a physician assistant, and parents to co-develop toolkits to screen for DCD as part of routine well-child visits.Assessing for DCD in Neonatal Follow-Up Programs
Children who are born preterm are at much high risk of DCD compared to term-born children, yet there is no standard of care to routinely screen and assess for DCD in Neonatal Follow-Up. Our team is piloting the implementation of DCD Clinical Service Guidelines to assess for DCD at 3 years and 5 years of age in neonatal follow-up programs at BC Women’s Hospital in Vancouver and St. Justine Hospital in Montreal. We the intend to apply for funding to implement these guidelines in other neonatal follow-up programs across the country.Honours & AwardsCanadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Career Development Award (2014-2018)
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award (2014-2019)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award (2017-2022)
Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Pediatric Brain Development and Rehabilitation (2021-2026)
Outstanding Occupational Therapist of the Year, BC Chapter of the Canadian Association of Occupational Therapists (2022)
Research Group MembersApril Christiansen, Summer Student
Rachael Devenyi, Masters Student - Trainee
Vanessa Dizonno, Research Manager
Melika Farahani, Clinical Trainee
Gisela Gosse, Research Coordinator
Siara Kainth, PhD Student
Erin Klein, Research Coordinator
Jennifer Mauritz, Occupational Therapist
Patricia Mortenson, PhD Student
Namali Ratnaweera, Research Assistant
Farnaz Sahragard, Research Assistant
Sarah Tischer, Clinical Trainee - Masters Student
Olivia Tsihlias, Graduate Student
Dorine Van Dyck, Post Doc
Vivian Wong, Research Coordinator
Five things parents should know about Developmental Coordination Disorder
Children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD) find it difficult to learn motor skills like tying shoes, getting dressed and riding a bike. Even though DCD is common, many children who have it are not diagnosed or treated.
