Visual Perceptual Motor Training on Kindergarteners

Last updated: March 24, 2024
Sponsor: National Cheng-Kung University Hospital
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Speech Disorders

Treatment

Chinese character-based visuomotor training program

traditional visuomotor training program

Clinical Study ID

NCT05795738
A-ER-111-161
  • Ages 5-6
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

The study aims to investigate the effects of different visuomotor training programs on children's visuomotor skills and handwriting performance.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Kindergarten children who will study the first grade in coming September
  • Both parents are native Mandarin Chinese speakers

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • A diagnosis of significant neurological, muscular, and skeletal system disorders
  • Visual or hearing problems that cannot be corrected to be normal
  • Genetic or chromosomal abnormality
  • Significant neurological, muscular, and skeletal damage to the trunk or upperextremities
  • moderate or severe intellectual disabilities

Study Design

Total Participants: 180
Treatment Group(s): 2
Primary Treatment: Chinese character-based visuomotor training program
Phase:
Study Start date:
November 01, 2022
Estimated Completion Date:
August 31, 2026

Study Description

The purpose of this project is to investigate the effectiveness of visuomotor activities with different activity materials on fine motor, visual perception, visual-motor integration and handwriting performance of kindergarten children. Kindergarteners will be randomized into the three groups: control, Chinese, and traditional groups. Children in the Chinese and traditional groups will receive a visual perceptual motor training program twice every week for 12 weeks and those in the control group will not receive any intervention during the study period. in the end of fall semester of the first grade, the effectiveness of the interventional programs on handwriting performance of participants will be examined again.

Connect with a study center

  • National Cheng Kung University

    Tainan, 701
    Taiwan

    Active - Recruiting

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