Repeated Motor Training on Attention Reaching Skills and Stereotypies in Rett Syndrome.
Mov Disord Clin Pract
; 9(5): 637-646, 2022 Jul.
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ABSTRACT
Background:
Few studies investigated the effect of a structured and specific training for upper limb motor skills allowing complex movements such as reaching and grasping.Objective:
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of motor training on attention, reaching skills, and stereotypies in patients with Rett syndrome (RTT).Methods:
Twenty-eight participants with RTT underwent cognitive and motor assessment to evaluate attention, reaching skills and stereotypies with an ABABABAdesign:
before training (pre-test phase), after a month of training (post-test phase 1), after a month of the second training phase (post-test phase 2) and at 1 month after the third training phase (post-test phase 3). In all three B phases, participants received 30 minutes of motor training for 5 days a week over a 1-month period.Results:
Patients with RTT show long-term improvements in seconds of attention and reaching skills and decreases in the intensity of stereotypies.Conclusions:
This study suggests that motor abilities of participants with RTT can be improved with repeated, individual, well-structured training.
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Mov Disord Clin Pract
Ano de publicação:
2022
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