Transactions on Data Analysis in Social Science

Transactions on Data Analysis in Social Science

The Effect Of Functional Training On Wrist Velocity And Eye- Hand Coordination’s Subtest Of Bruninks Osertsky Test In An 8-Year-Old Boy With Down Syndrome

Document Type : Original Article

Authors
1 Faculty of Physical Education and Sports Science, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran
2 University of Imam Hussein (AS), Tehran, Iran
Abstract
The goal of this study was to see how functional training affected the velocity of the wrist in reaching objects of various shapes (cylinder, cube, pyramid) and sizes (small, medium, large) as well as the eye-hand coordination subtest of the Bruninks Osertsky [1] test in an 8-year-old boy with Down Syndrome. The current study is an experimental design with a single individual. The Down Syndrome Association introduced one person with Down syndrome who was not suffering from any significant physical or motor problem (Gender: male; Age: 8 years old) to participate in the study. The motion analysis device was used to record the pretest and posttest of reaching to objects of various shapes and sizes, and the eye-hand coordination subtest of the Bruninks Osertsky test was performed. The participant took part in 24 functional training sessions, each lasting about 60 minutes (5 days a week). Each training session consisted of three 15-minute segments separated by a 5-minute break. The results revealed that the mean velocity of the wrist to reach the medium cylinder was higher than the others (V=596.83), as was the effect size (E=0.94). The mean of the wrist velocity in the posttest revealed that the participant performed better than in the pretest. In addition, when compared to the pre-test, the quantity, time, and velocity of implementation of nine sub-tests of eye-hand coordination rose in the post-test. These results Support earlier studies that claim that task-oriented training increases movement patterns in people with Down syndrome according to the notion of training specificity. Also, we followed up with the child's parents about his schoolwork after completing the exercises, he did his schoolwork more carefully.
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Volume 4, Issue 1
Winter 2022
Pages 22-25

  • Receive Date 19 December 2021
  • Revise Date 04 January 2022
  • Accept Date 05 March 2022