TY - JOUR
T1 - An iPad-based intervention to improve visual-motor, visual-attention, and visual-perceptual skills in children with surgically treated hydrocephalus
T2 - A pilot study
AU - Harpster, Karen
AU - Weckherlin, Nicole
AU - Engsberg, Jack R.
AU - Powell, Stephanie K.
AU - Barnard, Holly
AU - Kadis, Darren
AU - Dodd, Jonathan N.
AU - Garrett, Marissa Li
AU - Mangano, Francesco T.
AU - Limbrick, David D.
AU - Altaye, Mekibib
AU - Yuan, Weihong
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was funded through an internal grant mechanism: The Patient Services Collaborative Grant. The funding source provided the funds to conduct this study but did not have any role in the design, collection, analysis, interpretation of the data, or decision to submit for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2022/2
Y1 - 2022/2
N2 - Purpose: Develop and pilot an iPad-based intervention for improving visual-motor coordination, visual-spatial processing/reasoning, and visual attention in children with surgically treated hydrocephalus (HCP). Methods: We developed an intervention protocol targeting visual-motor coordination, visual-spatial processing/reasoning, and visual attention. Fourteen participants with HCP completed 30 h of training over 6 weeks. The primary outcome measure was the Perceptual Reasoning Index from the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, Second Edition. Secondary measures included subtests from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition, Developmental NEuroPSYchological Assessment, Second Edition (NEPSY-II), and Purdue Pegboard. Results: Children with HCP demonstrated gains with statistical significance on the Perceptual Reasoning Index. We also observed significant improvement on a timed test of visuo-motor coordination (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition, Coding). Conclusion: Our iPad-application-based intervention may promote visual-motor coordination, visual-spatial processing/reasoning, and visual attention skills in children with HCP, offering an engaging and economical supplement to more conventional therapies.
AB - Purpose: Develop and pilot an iPad-based intervention for improving visual-motor coordination, visual-spatial processing/reasoning, and visual attention in children with surgically treated hydrocephalus (HCP). Methods: We developed an intervention protocol targeting visual-motor coordination, visual-spatial processing/reasoning, and visual attention. Fourteen participants with HCP completed 30 h of training over 6 weeks. The primary outcome measure was the Perceptual Reasoning Index from the Wechsler Abbreviated Scale of Intelligence, Second Edition. Secondary measures included subtests from the Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition, Developmental NEuroPSYchological Assessment, Second Edition (NEPSY-II), and Purdue Pegboard. Results: Children with HCP demonstrated gains with statistical significance on the Perceptual Reasoning Index. We also observed significant improvement on a timed test of visuo-motor coordination (Wechsler Intelligence Scale for Children, Fourth Edition, Coding). Conclusion: Our iPad-application-based intervention may promote visual-motor coordination, visual-spatial processing/reasoning, and visual attention skills in children with HCP, offering an engaging and economical supplement to more conventional therapies.
KW - Attention
KW - Motor skills
KW - Occupational therapy
KW - Visual perception
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U2 - 10.1007/s00381-021-05379-2
DO - 10.1007/s00381-021-05379-2
M3 - Article
C2 - 34623466
AN - SCOPUS:85116845072
SN - 0256-7040
VL - 38
SP - 303
EP - 310
JO - Child's Nervous System
JF - Child's Nervous System
IS - 2
ER -