Titre :	The Two-Arm Coordination Test: Maturation of Bimanual Coordination in Typically Developing Children and Deficits in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
Type de document :	document électronique
Auteurs :	Inmaculada Riquelme ; Carlyne Arnould ; Samar M. Hatem ; Yannick Bleyenheuft
Année de publication :	2018
Note générale :	Cet article est paru dans la revue Developmental neurorehabilitation sous le DOI : 10.1080/17518423.2018.1498552
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Mots-clés :	Assessment  bimanualcoordination  motor skilllearning  typicallydeveloping children  unilateral cerebral palsy
Résumé :	Background:Tools to assess bimanual coordination are scant. We aimed to: 1) provide normative dataof maturation of bimanual coordination in tipically developing (TD) children measured by the Two ArmCoordination Test (TACT), and 2) validate the TACT as an instrument to specifically discriminate impair-ment of bimanual coordination in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP).Procedure:Cross-sectional observational study. 252 TD children and 26 children with UCP performed 8trials 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). Childrenwith UCP had a poorer bimanual coordination than TD children (all t>24.25, all p<.01). TACT scores werecorrelated moderately to manual dexterity and manual ability (all r>-.452, all p<.039), showing thecapacity of the TACT to provide information on different aspects of hand function.Conclusion:TACT is a valid instrument to assess bimanual coordination.
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The Two-Arm Coordination Test: Maturation of Bimanual Coordination in Typically Developing Children and Deficits in Children with Unilateral Cerebral Palsy [document électronique] / Inmaculada Riquelme ; Carlyne Arnould ; Samar M. Hatem ; Yannick Bleyenheuft . - 2018.
Cet article est paru dans la revue Developmental neurorehabilitation sous le DOI : 10.1080/17518423.2018.1498552
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Mots-clés :	Assessment  bimanualcoordination  motor skilllearning  typicallydeveloping children  unilateral cerebral palsy
Résumé :	Background:Tools to assess bimanual coordination are scant. We aimed to: 1) provide normative dataof maturation of bimanual coordination in tipically developing (TD) children measured by the Two ArmCoordination Test (TACT), and 2) validate the TACT as an instrument to specifically discriminate impair-ment of bimanual coordination in children with unilateral cerebral palsy (UCP).Procedure:Cross-sectional observational study. 252 TD children and 26 children with UCP performed 8trials 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). Childrenwith UCP had a poorer bimanual coordination than TD children (all t>24.25, all p<.01). TACT scores werecorrelated moderately to manual dexterity and manual ability (all r>-.452, all p<.039), showing thecapacity of the TACT to provide information on different aspects of hand function.Conclusion:TACT is a valid instrument to assess bimanual coordination.
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