Sensory Motor Lateralization as Handwriting Intervention in School-Based OT
NCT ID: NCT03903614
Last Updated: 2019-04-09
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
16 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2012-09-12
2013-06-12
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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To enhance right-left disparity, dispel mirror invariance, and facilitate the automatized handwriting, SML preferentially belabors one's right eye, ear, hand and leg in therapy, that would greater engage the left hemisphere for its acclaimed vantages over learning. This study investigates, whether SML, wielding such a rightward bias, profits handwriting greater than CON.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
DOUBLE
Study Groups
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Sensory Motor Lateralization (SML)
This was a group of 8 junior high school students who received SML in school for handwriting difficulty during the 2012-13 School Year. The participants received left eye-and-ear occlusion, fitness exercises, fine motor speed training, and handwriting practice on their right hand only.
SML
SML consists of supervised handwriting practice, fitness exercises, and fine motor speed drills that preferentially belabor a participant's right eye, ear, hand and leg during therapy.
Conventional School-Based OT (CON)
This was a group of 8 junior high school students who received conventional school-based Occupational Therapy service for handwriting difficulty during the 2012-13 School Year. The participants received a like fitness exercises, fine motor speed training, and handwriting practice on their dominant hand instead.
CON
CON consists of supervised handwriting practice, fitness exercises, and fine motor speed drills on the participant's dominant hand.
Interventions
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SML
SML consists of supervised handwriting practice, fitness exercises, and fine motor speed drills that preferentially belabor a participant's right eye, ear, hand and leg during therapy.
CON
CON consists of supervised handwriting practice, fitness exercises, and fine motor speed drills on the participant's dominant hand.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Has Intelligence Quotient (IQ) equal to or above 60.
* Ambulatory.
* Proficient in English, and fluent in naming, identifying, and accessing the sequence of letters in the alphabet.
* The students who attend Physical Therapy (PT), Adaptive Physical Education (PE), and any other programs are included, if the programs being provided are skill-, theme-, or task-oriented, not involving any muscle strengthening activities.
Exclusion Criteria
ALL
No
Sponsors
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Mary H. Teng
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Mary H. Teng
Principal Investigator
Principal Investigators
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Mary H Teng, MS, OTR
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References
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Related Links
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Other Identifiers
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Conventional School-Based OT
Identifier Type: OTHER
Identifier Source: secondary_id
TengM
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
NCT03514992
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: nct_alias
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