کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
371729 621937 2011 10 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Improvement of fine motor skills in children with visual impairment: An explorative study
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری علم عصب شناسی علوم اعصاب رفتاری
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Improvement of fine motor skills in children with visual impairment: An explorative study
چکیده انگلیسی

In this study we analysed the potential spin-off of magnifier training on the fine-motor skills of visually impaired children. The fine-motor skills of 4- and 5-year-old visually impaired children were assessed using the manual skills test for children (6–12 years) with a visual impairment (ManuVis) and movement assessment for children (Movement ABC), before and after receiving a 12-sessions training within a 6-weeks period. The training was designed to practice the use of a stand magnifier, as part of a larger research project on low-vision aids. In this study, fifteen children trained with a magnifier; seven without. Sixteen children had nystagmus. In this group head orientation (ocular torticollis) was monitored. Results showed an age-related progress in children's fine-motor skills after the training, irrespective of magnifier condition: performance speed of the ManuVis items went from 333.4 s to 273.6 s on average. Accuracy in the writing tasks also increased. Finally, for the children with nystagmus, an increase of ocular torticollis was found. These results suggest a careful reconsideration of which intervention is most effective for enhancing perceptuomotor performance in visually impaired children: specific ‘fine-motor’ training or ‘non-specific’ visual-attention training with a magnifier.


► There was age-related progress in children's fine-motor skills after the training, irrespective of magnifier condition.
► The accuracy in the writing tasks increased.
► An increase of ocular torticollis was found by children with nystagmus.
► Reconsideration of which intervention is most adequate for enhancing perceptuomotor performance: specific ‘fine-motor’ training or ‘non-specific’ visual-attention training.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: Research in Developmental Disabilities - Volume 32, Issue 5, September–October 2011, Pages 1924–1933
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