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. |