Game terapy in motor coordination and viso-motor integration in persons with Down Syndrome

  • Maysa Venturoso Gongora Buckeridge Serra Universidade de Franca
  • Cynthia Yukiko Hiraga Universidade Estadual Paulista Júlio de Mesquita Filho
  • Danielle de Freitas Gonçalves Universidade de Franca
  • Letícia Hellen Pereira Silva
  • Carolina Moreira Martins Universidade de Franca
  • Maria Georgina Marques Tonello
Keywords: Video Games, Intellectual Disability, Exercise.

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of game therapy in the motor coordination and visual-motor integration in individuals with Down syndrome (DS). Four people with DS participated in the study. The Test of Body Coordination for Children (Körperkoordinationstest Für Kinder – KTK) and the Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI) were applied. The participants performed 12 sessions of game therapy, lasting 20 minutes each, with games of the Nintendo Wii console. The participants did KTK and VMI tests before and after the game therapy program. All participants improved their scores in the KTK and VMI tests, two participants increased the final score in the two parts of the test. The results suggest that game therapy changes variables related to motor coordination and components involving perception in individuals with DS.

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Published
2017-09-28
Section
Artigos Originas - Promoção da Saúde