scholarly journals The Research of the Need for Occupational Therapy in the Infant`s Foster Home

Author(s):  
Viktorija Repšaitė ◽  
Giedrė Kavaliauskienė ◽  
Ligija Švedienė

The aim of the research was to examine the need for occupational therapy in the infant foster home. The study was conducted in December 2009 – March 2010 in Kaunas Child’s Development Clinic „Lopšelis“. Self-dependence and fine motor function evaluation were made according to DISC (Diagnostic Inventory for Screening Children). Sensory integration disorders were valuated by the questionnaire of evaluation of sensory integration filled in by the teachers (for children from birth to 2 years) which helped the teachers to evaluate the babies growing in the foster home. Evaluating fine motor skills we estimated that 22 children (57.9%) were of normal development, 13 children (34.2%) had development retardation and 3 children (7.9%) had development difficulties. Evaluating the self-dependence of the children growing in the infant foster home, we determined that 25 children (65.8%) were of normal development, 12 children (31.6%) had development retardation and 1 child (2.6%) had development difficulties. Both child‘s self-dependence and fine motor skills depend on the age (varies with the growth of a child). To assess the influence of the changes in living conditions on child’s development regardless of age, we created a new character – children’s part time (in percent) spent in infant foster homes. The results of the research revealed that the longer a child lives in a foster home, the more their self-dependence and fine motor skills weaken. The results of the questionnaire for assessment of sensory integration disorders were analyzed and total score of 9 areas was counted. It varied from 55 to 95 points, the average of the total score was 76.2 points. The correlation coefficient between sensory integration disorder (total score) and the time children spent in the infant foster home was r = 0.35, p = 0.08. Therefore, it can be stated with the 90 % reliability that the longer a child lived in a foster home, the more pronounced his / her sensory integration disorders were. Conclusions. 1. A large proportion of infants (20 (42.1%)) growing in the infant foster home have fine motor function development disorders: 13 children (34.2%) were stated to have fine motor development retardation, 3 children (7.9%) had development difficulties. 2. Infants growing in a foster home have disorders of the development of self-dependence skills. We found that 12 children (31.6%) had characteristic retardation of self-dependence skills development, and 1 child (2.6%) had development disorders. 3. Infants growing in the infant foster home have sensory integration disorders. The results of the research showed that 9 (35%) of the respondents had light sensory integration disorders, 10 (38%) respondents had medium sensory integration disorders and 1 (4%) respondent had pronounced sensory integration disorder.Keywords: occupational therapy, developmental disorders, foster homes.

2020 ◽  
Vol 124 (6) ◽  
pp. 2052-2059
Author(s):  
Yu-Ting Tseng ◽  
Chia-Liang Tsai ◽  
Fu-Chen Chen

We document that improved proprioceptive acuity is a common feature in young pianists. This proprioceptive improvement is associated with both proprioceptive processing and proprioceptive-motor integration. Higher wrist proprioceptive acuity in young pianists is linked to enhanced manual dexterity, which suggests that intensive piano training may improve untrained fine motor skills.


2016 ◽  
Vol 42 (3-4) ◽  
pp. 127-134 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippe Dahdal ◽  
Antonia Meyer ◽  
Menorca Chaturvedi ◽  
Karolina Nowak ◽  
Anne D. Roesch ◽  
...  

Aims: The objective of this study was to investigate the relation between impaired fine motor skills in Parkinson disease (PD) patients and their cognitive status, and to determine whether fine motor skills are more impaired in PD patients with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) than in non-MCI patients. Methods: Twenty PD MCI and 31 PD non-MCI patients (mean age 66.7 years, range 50-84, 36 males/15 females), all right-handed, took part in a motor performance test battery. Steadiness, precision, dexterity, velocity of arm-hand movements, and velocity of wrist-finger movements were measured and compared across groups and analyzed for confounders (age, sex, education, severity of motor symptoms, and disease duration). Statistical analysis included t tests corrected for multiple testing, and a linear regression with stepwise elimination procedure was used to select significant predictors for fine motor function. Results: PD MCI patients performed significantly worse in precision (p < 0.05), dexterity (p < 0.05), and velocity (arm-hand movements; p < 0.05) compared to PD non-MCI patients. The fine motor function skills were confounded by age. Conclusions: Fine motor skills in PD MCI patients are impaired compared to PD non-MCI patients. Investigating the relation between the fine motor performance and MCI in PD might be a relevant subject for future research.


Author(s):  
Dr. Manish Bhardwaj ◽  
Dr. R. K. Sureka ◽  
Dr. Surendra Kumar Meena ◽  
Dr. Neha Jain

The occupational therapy has a decisive role in restoring fine motor skills in post stroke patients. The purpose of this study was to compile all the information pertaining to the assessment and treatment performed by occupational therapist. This study amass the complete personification of occupational therapy from the need of theoretical basis to the practical treatment aspects. The study covers the basic idea of stroke and complications arose in the normal movements and leads towards the complete functional aspects of the motor function of human hand. The position of occupational therapy in a rehabilitation team and a detailed knowledge of areas of occupational therapy related to fine motor skills helps to grab the evaluation process used and treatment protocol prescribed to restore fine motor skills after stroke. It helps to gain a detailed know-how of tools and instruments used for assessment and techniques used in the treatment of stroke that focuses on fine motor skills. This study reveals that occupational therapy as its specialty in hand rehabilitation has a wide range of assessments, treatment and management protocols to pursue the treatment of a variety of areas of hand rehabilitation including fine motor skills after an event of stroke


Pediatru ro ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (57) ◽  
pp. 6
Author(s):  
Bogdan Almăjan-Guţă ◽  
Amalia Cuceu ◽  
Petru Eugen Mergheş ◽  
Narcis Ion Văran

2020 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 239-247
Author(s):  
Mochamad Heri ◽  
Ni Made Dwi Yunica Astriani ◽  
Komang Gde Trisna Purwantara ◽  
Putu Devi Kurnia Sari

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of occupational therapy on attaching shoelaces to the improvement of fine motor skills in mentally disabled children in SLB N 1 Badung. This research method is quantitative research with pre-experimental research design pre-post test one group design. The result of univariate analysis of the intervention of 41 respondents before being given occupational therapy for fine motor development was 1.20, and after being given occupational therapy, fine motor development was 1.41. The results of this study showed the average fine motor development during the pre-test was 1.20. After being given the occupational therapy treatment of attaching shoelaces, the average fine motor development was 1.41. Data analysis results with the Wilcoxon test get a value of 0.003 or p <α (0.05). In conclusion, occupational therapy influences placing shoelaces on fine motor skills in children with moderate mental retardation in SLB N 1 Badung.   Keywords: Fine Motoric, Occupational Therapy, Impairment


Circulation ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 137 (suppl_1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Joy N Buie

Background: Evidence suggests that racial and ethnic minorities consistently have poorer post-stroke functional outcomes. Hypothesis: We hypothesized that race in addition to socioeconomic status (SES) would correlate with poorer measures of functional outcomes in stroke patients. Methods: Our aim was to identify factors that contribute to disparate functional outcomes among middle- and retirement-aged non-Hispanic whites (white) and non-Hispanic African Americans (AA). Through retrospective analysis of data from the Health and Retirement Study (HRS), we analyzed 2,831 respondents who reported incident stroke between 1999 and 2014. Respondents were asked to report perceived difficulty with gross and fine motor function and basic activities of daily living (ADL). Linear and logistic regression analysis determined independent predictors of post-stroke motor function and ADL. Results: The analysis included 2,314 (82%) whites and 517 (18%) AA adults with stroke. The AA median age was 71± 11.3 while the white median age was 76 ± 10.5 (p<0.0001). Factors associated with more difficulty with ADL, fine motor function, and gross motor function included older age, female gender, AA race, and higher numbers of household residents. Surprisingly, the comorbidity score was only associated with difficulty in gross motor function. Moreover, the time since stroke did not associate with any performance measure. Increased difficulty with performance-based ADL, fine, and gross motor skills in AAs relative to whites, was associated with younger age, more residents in the home, and less household income. Although our analysis was limited due to the lack of long-term follow-up in the HRS study, these data can help direct future stroke recovery health disparity studies. Conclusions: Our findings highlight the importance of examining contributing factors to racial disparities in post stroke outcomes.


1994 ◽  
Vol 14 (4) ◽  
pp. 244-266 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brenda N. Wilson ◽  
Bonnie J. Kaplan

Following the completion of a study of the efficacy of sensory integration (SI) treatment compared with tutoring, the question raised was whether a greater difference between the two groups would exist after a period of time had elapsed after treatment ended. Twenty-two of the original 29 subjects completed follow-up assessment two years after the completion of their treatment. Only one significant difference between the two groups was seen at follow-up: The gross motor performance of the group who received SI treatment was significantly greater than that of children who received tutoring. There was no difference between the groups on measures of reading skills, fine motor skills, visual motor skills, or behavioral factors. There were no significant correlations between the amount of improvement a child made during treatment and the maintenance of the gains.


Edupedia ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-77
Author(s):  
Farhatin Masrurah ◽  
Khulusinniyah Khulusinniyah

The first five years of a children’s age is the period of rapid growth with physical and motor development. Those process will develop well if stimulated continuously. Early childhood always identic with high activity requires the opportunity to express their abilities. Therefore playing method is very urgent inchildren’s gross motor skills and fine motor skills development through a variety of playing activities both indoors and outdoors. Playing is an activity that cannot be separated from early childhood’s world. All playing activities will be carried out happily. By the same token learning by playing will be done happily without any sense of being forced or oppressed.


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