J Paediatr Child Health. 2007 Oct;43(10):653-5.

Curing dyslexia and attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder by training motor co-ordination: miracle or myth?

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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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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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