學院

醫學院

系所

職能治療學系

題名

Potential predictors of functional outcomes after home-based constraint-induced therapy for children with cerebral palsy

作者

Wang, S-M., Kuo, L-C., Ouyang, W-C., Hsu, H-M., Lin, K-C., & Ma, H-I.*

期刊名稱

American Journal of Occupational Therapy. (SSCI 期刊)

發表日期

2014

著作性質

原著

語文

英文

關鍵字

Biomechanics, Hand, Movement disorders, Psychomotor performance, Schizophrenia, Size perception, Vocational rehabilitation

摘要

Schizophrenia affects not only mental functions, but also movements. We compared movements between patients with mild schizophrenia and healthy controls when doing a bimanual assembly task, and examined whether changes in object size affected patients’ unimanual and bimanual movements. Fifteen patients with schizophrenia and 15 age- and gender-matched controls were instructed to bimanually reach for and assemble objects. We manipulated the object size for the left hand: large vs. small. We measured movement time, peak velocity, and bimanual synchronization to represent movement speed, forcefulness, and bimanual coordination. Patients showed slower and less forceful unimanual movements, and less coordinated bimanual movements than did controls. Increasing the object size elicited faster and more forceful unimanual movements, and more coordinated bimanual movements in patients. The results suggest the need for movement rehabilitation in patients and that therapists can manipulate object size to optimize patients’ movements. These results benefit the practice of evidence-based therapy.