Robot Guided 'Pen Skill' Training in Children with Motor Difficulties.
Motor deficits are linked to a range of negative physical, social and academic consequences. Haptic robotic interventions, based on the principles of sensorimotor learning, have been shown previously to help children with motor problems learn new movements. We therefore examined whether the training...
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| author | Katy A Shire Liam J B Hill Winona Snapp-Childs Geoffrey P Bingham Georgios K Kountouriotis Sally Barber Mark Mon-Williams |
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| description | Motor deficits are linked to a range of negative physical, social and academic consequences. Haptic robotic interventions, based on the principles of sensorimotor learning, have been shown previously to help children with motor problems learn new movements. We therefore examined whether the training benefits of a robotic system would generalise to a standardised test of 'pen-skills', assessed using objective kinematic measures [via the Clinical Kinematic Assessment Tool, CKAT]. A counterbalanced, cross-over design was used in a group of 51 children (37 male, aged 5-11 years) with manual control difficulties. Improved performance on a novel task using the robotic device could be attributed to the intervention but there was no evidence of generalisation to any of the CKAT tasks. The robotic system appears to have the potential to support motor learning, with the technology affording numerous advantages. However, the training regime may need to target particular manual skills (e.g. letter formation) in order to obtain clinically significant improvements in specific skills such as handwriting. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-6ed29126cfce4df8a2876a3431819a992025-08-20T03:10:59ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032016-01-01113e015135410.1371/journal.pone.0151354Robot Guided 'Pen Skill' Training in Children with Motor Difficulties.Katy A ShireLiam J B HillWinona Snapp-ChildsGeoffrey P BinghamGeorgios K KountouriotisSally BarberMark Mon-WilliamsMotor deficits are linked to a range of negative physical, social and academic consequences. Haptic robotic interventions, based on the principles of sensorimotor learning, have been shown previously to help children with motor problems learn new movements. We therefore examined whether the training benefits of a robotic system would generalise to a standardised test of 'pen-skills', assessed using objective kinematic measures [via the Clinical Kinematic Assessment Tool, CKAT]. A counterbalanced, cross-over design was used in a group of 51 children (37 male, aged 5-11 years) with manual control difficulties. Improved performance on a novel task using the robotic device could be attributed to the intervention but there was no evidence of generalisation to any of the CKAT tasks. The robotic system appears to have the potential to support motor learning, with the technology affording numerous advantages. However, the training regime may need to target particular manual skills (e.g. letter formation) in order to obtain clinically significant improvements in specific skills such as handwriting.https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0151354&type=printable |
| spellingShingle | Katy A Shire Liam J B Hill Winona Snapp-Childs Geoffrey P Bingham Georgios K Kountouriotis Sally Barber Mark Mon-Williams Robot Guided 'Pen Skill' Training in Children with Motor Difficulties. PLoS ONE |
| title | Robot Guided 'Pen Skill' Training in Children with Motor Difficulties. |
| title_full | Robot Guided 'Pen Skill' Training in Children with Motor Difficulties. |
| title_fullStr | Robot Guided 'Pen Skill' Training in Children with Motor Difficulties. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Robot Guided 'Pen Skill' Training in Children with Motor Difficulties. |
| title_short | Robot Guided 'Pen Skill' Training in Children with Motor Difficulties. |
| title_sort | robot guided pen skill training in children with motor difficulties |
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