STANDARDISED COMPUTER TESTS FOR ASSESSMENT OF CHILDREN MANUAL DEXTERITY
Kamieniarz M. 1, Stryła W. 1, Haglauer Piotr 2, Kamieniarz Grzegorz 2
1 Clinic of Rehabilitation, K. Marcinkowski University of Medical Sciences,
28 Czerwca 1998, Poznań, Poland
2 Computational Physics Division, Institute of Physics, A. Mickiewicz University,
Umultowska 85, 61-614 Poznań, Poland
DOI: 10.12921/cmst.1999.05.01.25-38
OAI: oai:lib.psnc.pl:498
Abstract:
The paper presents a computer program developed for the purpose of objectivisation of children hand dexterity. The program is composed of 6 subtests checking the control of the upper limb joints and the fine finger dexterity needed for mouse control. Measurements have been performed for a sample of 285 children aged from 7 to 15. Clinical standards for particular age groups have been proposed and statistical significance of differences among the corresponding mean values has been shown. A strong correlation of the hand control and age of the subjects has been found.
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The paper presents a computer program developed for the purpose of objectivisation of children hand dexterity. The program is composed of 6 subtests checking the control of the upper limb joints and the fine finger dexterity needed for mouse control. Measurements have been performed for a sample of 285 children aged from 7 to 15. Clinical standards for particular age groups have been proposed and statistical significance of differences among the corresponding mean values has been shown. A strong correlation of the hand control and age of the subjects has been found.
[1] W. Cytowicz-Karpiłowska and A. Seyfried, Postępy Rehabil. IX, 37 ( 1995).
[2] M. Kellor, J. Frost, N. Silberberg, I. Iversen, R. Cummings, Am. J. Occup. Ther. 25, 77 (1971).
[3] K. G. Thorngren and C. O. Werner, Acta Orthop. Scand. 50, 255 (1979).
[4] V. Mathiowetz, K. Weber, G. Volland, N. Kashman, J. Hand Surg. 9A, 222 (1984).
[5] R. T. Schmidt and J. V. Toews, Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil. 51, 321 (1970).
[6] J. C. Pryce, J. Biomechanics, 13, 505 (1980).
[7] V. Mathiowetz, N. Kashman, G. Volland, K. Weber, M. Dowe, S. Rogers, Arch. Phys.
Med. Rehabil. 66, 69 (1985).
[8] R. Izquierdo-Avino, R. S. Jones, B. Jansen, E. Schwemm, J. Orthop. Reumatol. 8, 203 (1995).
[9] B. M. Koch and R. L Simenson, Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil. 73, 241 (1992).
[10] T. Jarus and R. Poremba, Am. J. Occup. Ther. 47, 439 (1993).
[11] R. H. Jebsen, N. Taylor, R. B. Trieschman, M. J. Trotter, L. A. Howard, Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil., 50,311 (1969).
[12] T. P. Vliet Vlieland, T. P. van der Wijk, I. M. Jolie, A. H. Zwinderman, J. M. Hazes, J. Reumatol., 23, 835 (1996).
[13] J. H. Carr, R. B Shepherd, L. Nordholm, D. Lynne, Phys. Ther. 65, 175 (1985).
[14] D. T. Wade, R. Langton-Hewer, V. A. Wood, C. E. Skilbeck, H. M. Ismail, J. Neurol. Neurosurg. Psychiatry 46, 521 (1983).
[15] V. M. Parker, D. T. Wade, R. L. Hewer, Int. Rehabil. Med. 8, 69 (1986).
[16] V. Mathiowetz, G. Volland, N. Kashman, K. Weber, Am. J. Occup. Ther. 39, 386 (1985).
[17] J. Desrosiers, G. Bravo, R. Hebert, E. Dutil, L. Mercier, Arch. Phys. Med. Rehabil. 75, 751 (1994).
[18] Cz. Piskorz and E. Klimek-Piskorz, Post. Rehabil. IX, 31 (1995).
[19] C. Stein and E. J. Yerxa, Am. J. Occup. Ther. 44, 499 (1990).
[20] J. Dylewicz, A. Mołczanow, G. Radecka, Materiały Sesji Naukowej PAN, Poznań, 84 (1983).
[21] S. van Langveld, P. van’t Pad Bosch, J. Bakker, S. Terwindt, M. Fraussen, P. van Riel,
J. Hand Ther. 9, 27(1996).
[22] D. Reddihough, T. Bach, G. Burgess, L. Oke, I. Hudson, Develop. Med. Child Neurol.
33, 578 (1991).
[23] N. J. O’Dwyer, L. Ada, P. D. Neilson, Brain, 119, 1737 (1996).
[24] S. D. Mc Phee, Am. J. Occup. Ther. 41, 158 (1987).
