Evaluation of the fine motor skills of children with DCD using the digitalised visual-motor tracking system

We present the experimental results contrasting virtual fixtures (VFs) with a new shared control (SC) technique for rehabilitation of fine motor skills. The SC assistance algorithm used haptic attributes as the control goal. VF provided assistance based on trajectory. Shapes were chosen from the Visual Motor Integration test book and were used to train candidate’s nondominant hand, using samples recorded from their dominant hand. The results were analyzed using time, trajectory, forces, shape of trajectory, and haptic profiles as metrics. The results indicate that performance of VF and SC were comparable for simple trajectories and SC performed better for complex trajectories.

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Impact of Psycho-Educational Activities on Visual-Motor Integration, Fine Motor Skills and Name Writing among First Graders: A Kinematic Pilot Study

Children ◽

10.3390/children7040027 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 27 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Livia Taverna ◽

Marta Tremolada ◽

Barbara Tosetto ◽

Liliana Dozza ◽

Zanin Scaratti Renata

Keyword(s):

Pilot Study ◽

Motor Skills ◽

Intervention Program ◽

First Graders ◽

Fine Motor ◽

Fine Motor Skills ◽

Educational Activities ◽

Children's Writing ◽

Name Writing ◽

Visual Motor

This pilot study presents the effects on acquisition of pre-writing skills of educational activities targeting visual-motor integration and fine motor skills on a convenient sample of first graders. After a 10-week intervention program, visual perceptual skills and fine motor control were tested on 13 six-year-old aged children. Participants completed the Beery-Buktenica VMI and the manual dexterity scale of the Movement ABC-2 at baseline (T1), after the intervention program (T2), and one month after the end of the educational activities (T3). Children’s writing pressure, frequency, and automaticity were measured using a digitizer during the administration of name writing test at T1, T2, and T3. The purpose of the study was to investigate changes in visual-perceptual abilities and fine motor skills after the intervention program and examine correlational effects on children’s kinematic writing performances. Findings reveal that educational activities impacted positively on children’s visual motor coordination component of writing improving VMI scores. No statistically significant difference was detected across the three time points on students’ manual dexterity skills. Measurement of writing kinematics allows to report and document variations in children’s writing during intervention. This pilot study discusses these findings and their implications for the field on early childhood acquisition of foundational skills for handwriting. It also proposes potential topics for future research on this field.

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Disentangling Fine Motor Skills’ Relations to Academic Achievement: The Relative Contributions of Visual-Spatial Integration and Visual-Motor Coordination

The Journal of Genetic Psychology ◽

10.1080/00221325.2012.717122 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 174 (5) ◽

pp. 514-533 ◽

Cited By ~ 73

Author(s):

Abby G. Carlson ◽

Ellen Rowe ◽

Timothy W. Curby

Keyword(s):

Academic Achievement ◽

Motor Skills ◽

Motor Coordination ◽

Fine Motor ◽

Fine Motor Skills ◽

Spatial Integration ◽

Visual Motor Coordination ◽

Visual Spatial ◽

Visual Motor

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Follow-up Assessment of Children Receiving Sensory Integration Treatment

The Occupational Therapy Journal of Research ◽

10.1177/153944929401400404 ◽

1994 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 244-266 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

Brenda N. Wilson ◽

Bonnie J. Kaplan

Keyword(s):

Motor Skills ◽

Sensory Integration ◽

Motor Performance ◽

Reading Skills ◽

Fine Motor ◽

Fine Motor Skills ◽

Behavioral Factors ◽

Significant Difference ◽

Visual Motor

Following the completion of a study of the efficacy of sensory integration (SI) treatment compared with tutoring, the question raised was whether a greater difference between the two groups would exist after a period of time had elapsed after treatment ended. Twenty-two of the original 29 subjects completed follow-up assessment two years after the completion of their treatment. Only one significant difference between the two groups was seen at follow-up: The gross motor performance of the group who received SI treatment was significantly greater than that of children who received tutoring. There was no difference between the groups on measures of reading skills, fine motor skills, visual motor skills, or behavioral factors. There were no significant correlations between the amount of improvement a child made during treatment and the maintenance of the gains.

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Visual–motor integration and fine motor skills at 6½ years of age and associations with neonatal brain volumes in children born extremely preterm in Sweden: a population-based cohort study

BMJ Open ◽

10.1136/bmjopen-2017-020478 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 8 (2) ◽

pp. e020478 ◽

Cited By ~ 10

Author(s):

Jenny Bolk ◽

Nelly Padilla ◽

Lea Forsman ◽

Lina Broström ◽

Kerstin Hellgren ◽

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Keyword(s):

Motor Skills ◽

Population Based ◽

Fine Motor ◽

Fine Motor Skills ◽

Neonatal Brain ◽

Brain Volumes ◽

Visual Motor Integration ◽

Morphometric Analyses ◽

Extremely Preterm ◽

Visual Motor

ObjectivesThis exploratory study aimed to investigate associations between neonatal brain volumes and visual–motor integration (VMI) and fine motor skills in children born extremely preterm (EPT) when they reached 6½ years of age.SettingProspective population-based cohort study in Stockholm, Sweden, during 3 years.ParticipantsAll children born before gestational age, 27 weeks, during 2004–2007 in Stockholm, without major morbidities and impairments, and who underwent MRI at term-equivalent age.Main outcome measuresBrain volumes were calculated using morphometric analyses in regions known to be involved in VMI and fine motor functions. VMI was assessed with The Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual–Motor Integration—sixth edition and fine motor skills were assessed with the manual dexterity subtest from the Movement Assessment Battery for Children—second edition, at 6½ years. Associations between the brain volumes and VMI and fine motor skills were evaluated using partial correlation, adjusted for total cerebral parenchyma and sex.ResultsOut of 107 children born at gestational age <27 weeks, 83 were assessed at 6½ years and 66/83 were without major brain lesions or cerebral palsy and included in the analyses. A representative subsample underwent morphometric analyses: automatic segmentation (n=34) and atlas-based segmentation (n=26). The precentral gyrus was associated with both VMI (r=0.54, P=0.007) and fine motor skills (r=0.54, P=0.01). Associations were also seen between fine motor skills and the volume of the cerebellum (r=0.42, P=0.02), brainstem (r=0.47, P=0.008) and grey matter (r=−0.38, P=0.04).ConclusionsNeonatal brain volumes in areas known to be involved in VMI and fine motor skills were associated with scores for these two functions when children born EPT without major brain lesions or cerebral palsy were evaluated at 6½ years of age. Establishing clear associations between early brain volume alterations and later VMI and/or fine motor skills could make early interventions possible.

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PENGEMBANGAN FISIK MOTORIK ANAK USIA DINI DENGAN BERMAI

Edupedia ◽

10.35316/edupedia.v3i2.253 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (2) ◽

pp. 67-77

Author(s):

Farhatin Masrurah ◽

Khulusinniyah Khulusinniyah

Keyword(s):

Early Childhood ◽

High Activity ◽

Motor Skills ◽

Motor Development ◽

Rapid Growth ◽

Skills Development ◽

Fine Motor ◽

Fine Motor Skills ◽

Gross Motor ◽

Gross Motor Skills

The first five years of a children’s age is the period of rapid growth with physical and motor development. Those process will develop well if stimulated continuously. Early childhood always identic with high activity requires the opportunity to express their abilities. Therefore playing method is very urgent inchildren’s gross motor skills and fine motor skills development through a variety of playing activities both indoors and outdoors. Playing is an activity that cannot be separated from early childhood’s world. All playing activities will be carried out happily. By the same token learning by playing will be done happily without any sense of being forced or oppressed.

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Development of an arcade controller for children with intellectual disabilities to improve fine motor skills through video games

2020 IEEE Games, Multimedia, Animation and Multiple Realities Conference (GMAX) ◽

10.1109/gmax49668.2020.9256830 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Domenica A. Merchan-Garcia ◽

Alejandro S. Enriquez-Mancheno ◽

Victor H. Uguna-Uguna ◽

Paola F. Suquilanda-Cuesta ◽

Vladimir E. Robles-Bykbaev

Keyword(s):

Video Games ◽

Intellectual Disabilities ◽

Motor Skills ◽

Fine Motor ◽

Fine Motor Skills

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P110 Sex differences in hand osteoarthritis symptoms and function

Rheumatology ◽

10.1093/rheumatology/keab247.106 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 60 (Supplement_1) ◽

Author(s):

Brona Dinneen ◽

David Heath ◽

Mohammed Tauseef Ghaffar ◽

Miriam O'Sullivan ◽

Carmel Silke ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Sex Differences ◽

Pain Intensity ◽

Motor Skills ◽

Functional Assessment ◽

Functional Ability ◽

Fine Motor ◽

Hand Osteoarthritis ◽

Fine Motor Skills ◽

Males And Females ◽

And Function

Abstract Background/Aims There is currently no consensus regarding sex-related differences in pain intensity and functional abilities among patients with hand osteoarthritis (OA). In this study we determine sex-related differences in pain intensity and functional ability among patients with hand OA, as assessed by a self-report questionnaire and by performance-based tests. Methods Using the AUSCAN tool for symptom and functional assessment of hand OA with dynamometry we prospectively accessed patients meeting the ACR criteria for hand osteoarthritis. Using this analysis, assessments of pain and function were compared in male and female patients. The outcome measures included self-reported pain measures, functional assessment and dynamometry measures. Results The study population included 106 patients (90 females and 16 males) with a mean age of males 48.44 (7.48) and females 52.67 (9.43). All patients with symptomatic hand osteoarthritis meeting ACR Criteria. When accessing difference between sexes, men were found to be significantly heavier (p = 0.003) and have greater grip and pinch strength.As part of function and pain assessments there was a significant correlation between difficulty with fine motor skills such as difficulty doing buttons, difficulty when doing jewellery, or peeling vegetables associated with pain when turning objects e.g. doorknobs, taps and faucets for men in comparison to women. Difficulty in these fine motor skills also correlated with stiffness on wakening and pain on lifting heavy objects regardless of sex. A Mann-Whitney U test was run on 106 participants to determine if there were differences in pain or functional scores between males and females. This reviled Median score for males () and females () was statistically significantly different,There were sex differences noted in the correlation associated with pain with rotational movements e.g. turning objects and functional difficulty with fine motor movements including difficulty when doing up buttons ( Males r(14) = -0.109, p = 0.698, Females r(88) =0.489, p = <0.01 value.= ), difficulty when doing jewellery ( Males r(14) =-0.265, p = 0.339.= Females r(88) = 0.570, p = <0.01) , difficulty peeling vegetables ( Males r(14) = -0.207, p = 0.458 Females r(88) = 0.519, <0.01 ) Conclusion The results demonstrate the presence of sex differences in patients suffering from hand osteoarthritis self-reported functional ability and pain scales. These differences indicate the need for further studies to explore the mechanisms of hand OA and to understanding the specific impact of gender on the development and progression of disease. With further understanding we can obtain the proper strategy to provide better individualised treatment. It also highlights that rehabilitation programs should consider these differences and each patients’ performance limitations in order to address the specific needs of each individual patient. In doing so, improved pain and functional status will improve morbidity in hand OA Disclosure B. Dinneen: None. D. Heath: None. M. Ghaffar: None. M. O'Sullivan: None. C. Silke: None. B. Whelan: None.

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