N/A
N=48
Differences in Muscle Activity Patterns and Graphical Product Quality in Children With Graphomotor Impairment
Graphomotor Impairment
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02501590 ↗Enrolled (actual)
48
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Aug 2017
Primary outcome: Primary: Normilized Muscle Activity — 8.20; 7.41 % mvc — p=0.05
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Observational
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- —
- Age
- Pediatric · 4+ yrs
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Loewenstein Hospital
- Primary completion
- Oct 2016
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Normilized Muscle Activity |
8.20; 7.41 | 0.05 |
Summary
Drawing on a vertical surface, rather than horizontal (such as blackboard) is often used by occupational therapists as a way of developing fine motor control and visual motor integration in children. In healthy children no difference in graphical quality was shown between drawing on vertical or horizontal surfaces. However, this was not investigated in children with graphomotor impairments.
The goal of this study is to determine whether movements produced on a vertical surface differ in their performance level and muscle activation patterns compared to movements produced on a horizontal surface. The investigators predict that there would be a difference in the level of performance between the two surfaces.
Eligibility Criteria
Study group Inclusion criteria:
- Up to 50 percentile in the long form Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery VMI).
Exclusion Criteria
- children in special education,
- any orthopedic or neurologic impairment,
- visual impairment that could not be corrected with glasses, or
- ability to understand and follow simple instructions, reported by the parents.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT02501590). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.