Analysis of motor performance in individuals with cerebral palsy using a non-immersive virtual reality task - a pilot study

Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
Fabiana Paula Almeida MartinsCarlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro

Abstract

To evaluate the performance improvement of individuals with hemiparesis cerebral palsy (CP) using a virtual task. Twenty individuals were selected and distributed into two groups. The experimental group (CP group) comprised ten individuals with a medical diagnosis of CP, and ten individuals with typical development (sex- and age-matched) composed the control group (TD group). Both groups followed the same intervention protocol, which included a virtual coincident timing task: the participants performed upper limb movements in front of a computer's webcam and interacted with the task with the aim of virtually intercepting spheres that fell in four rows following the rhythm of a pre-selected song during an 8-minute period. To verify the influence on a real task, pre- and posttests were performed in a similar task, but with physical contact (using the spacebar on the keyboard of a computer). To analyze the data, we evaluated the variable, constant, and absolute errors during the task and in the pre- and posttests. The results showed that there was an improvement in performance between the pre- and posttests; that is, after practicing the task in an environment without physical contact, there was a performance improvement in postte...Continue Reading

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Oct 1, 2019·Autism Research : Official Journal of the International Society for Autism Research·Íbis Ariana Peña de MoraesFernando Henrique Magalhães
May 1, 2020·Journal of Neuroengineering and Rehabilitation·Andréa Fernanda LealCarlos Bandeira de Mello Monteiro
Aug 11, 2020·BioMed Research International·Alice Haniuda MoliternoMaria Tereza Artero Prado Dantas

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