Computerised Tracking Training for Coordination in Children with Hemiplegic Cerebral Palsy: A Case Series
| Autor: | Louise Ada, Chin-Min Chen, Hsiu-Ching Chiu, Hsin-Min Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
| Předmět: |
030506 rehabilitation
medicine.medical_specialty Manual Ability Classification System Cognitive Neuroscience Elbow Cerebral palsy Coordination training 03 medical and health sciences Speech and Hearing Behavioral Neuroscience 0302 clinical medicine Physical medicine and rehabilitation medicine Hemiplegic cerebral palsy business.industry medicine.disease Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology medicine.anatomical_structure Multiple baseline design Neurology Upper limb Neurology (clinical) Tracking (education) 0305 other medical science business 030217 neurology & neurosurgery |
| Zdroj: | Brain Impairment. 19:193-200 |
| ISSN: | 1839-5252 1443-9646 |
| Popis: | Objective: To examine whether elbow coordination training can improve elbow coordination in cerebral palsy and whether any benefit carries over to upper limb activity.Methods: A case series A–B–C multiple baseline study was carried out. Two weeks of no intervention (A) was followed by 2 weeks of computerised tracking (B), which was followed by 2 weeks of no intervention (C). Six children (age range 7–12 years) with hemiplegic cerebral palsy (Level I–III of the Manual Ability Classification System) participated. Coordination training consisted of 10 × 1-min trials of computerised tracking each session for 10 sessions over a 2-week period. Coordination was measured as tracking performance using a different target from the training target. Upper limb activity was measured using the 9-Hole Peg Test. Data were analysed using the 2-SD band method.Results: None of the participants appeared to improve tracking performance or 9-Hole Peg Test (9HPT) scores (p > 0.05) after the 2 weeks of intervention. On withdrawal of the intervention, visual analysis showed that tracking performance and 9HPT scores remained at the same level as the intervention phase.Conclusions: Ten minutes of computerised elbow tracking daily for 10 sessions did not improve coordination in six children with cerebral palsy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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