The Two-Arm Coordination Test: Maturation of Bimanual Coordination in Typically Developing Children and Deficits in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy.
Dev Neurorehabil
; 22(5): 312-320, 2019 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-30024779
ABSTRACT
Background:
Tools to assess bimanual coordination are scant. We aimed to 1) provide normative data of maturation of bimanual coordination in tipically developing (TD) children measured by the Two Arm Coordination Test (TACT), and 2) validate the TACT as an instrument to specifically discriminate impairment of bimanual coordination in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP). Procedure Cross-sectional observational study. 252 TD children and 26 children with UCP performed 8 trials of TACT (following a star pattern with a pointer steered by coordinated movements of both arms). Number of errors and time were combined in a performance index of motor learning.Results:
In TD children, bimanual coordination improved with age (F(7,244)=36.888, p<.001). Children with UCP had a poorer bimanual coordination than TD children (all t>24.25, all p<.01). TACT scores were correlated moderately to manual dexterity and manual ability (all r>-.452, all p<.039), showing the capacity of the TACT to provide information on different aspects of hand function.Conclusion:
TACT is a valid instrument to assess bimanual coordination.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Cerebral Palsy
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Child Development
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Hand
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Motor Skills
Type of study:
Observational_studies
Limits:
Child
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
En
Journal:
Dev Neurorehabil
Journal subject:
NEUROLOGIA
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PEDIATRIA
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REABILITACAO
Year:
2019
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Spain
Publication country:
ENGLAND
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ESCOCIA
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GB
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GREAT BRITAIN
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INGLATERRA
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REINO UNIDO
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SCOTLAND
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UK
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UNITED KINGDOM