Bruininks- Oseretsky Test Showed Strong Correlation Between Upper Limb Speed Dexterity and Upper Limb Coordination
Hatem A. Emara,
Tarek M. El-gohary
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2017
Pages:
5-10
Received:
17 February 2017
Accepted:
1 March 2017
Published:
24 March 2017
Abstract: Background: Daily living activities such as walking, dressing and feeding require adequate proficiency in gross and fine motor skills; however inadequate proficiency leads to multiple difficulties that range from increased anxiety and poor self-esteem to significant difficulties with academic achievements. Recent research findings claimed that children’s skill proficiency tends to lag behind the established developmental norms. Purpose: The aim of this study was to examine the interrelationship among different subtests of gross and fine motor skill in school aged children in Al-Madinah Al-Munawara. Methods: Children (N= 99) from 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades completed the gross and fine motor composite of the Bruininks- Oseretsky Test of motor proficiency 2nd Edition (BOT-2). Results: Analysis revealed a weak correlation between gross motor composite and fine motor composite. A weak correlation was found for gross motor subtests except a significant correlation was found for the relationship between balance and bilateral coordination. Conclusion: Therapists should closely look at upper limb speed dexterity and upper limb coordination since they are significantly correlated.
Abstract: Background: Daily living activities such as walking, dressing and feeding require adequate proficiency in gross and fine motor skills; however inadequate proficiency leads to multiple difficulties that range from increased anxiety and poor self-esteem to significant difficulties with academic achievements. Recent research findings claimed that chil...
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Nerve Electrical Signal Analysis Based on Matlab
Issue:
Volume 3, Issue 2, April 2017
Pages:
11-16
Received:
23 February 2017
Accepted:
1 April 2017
Published:
18 April 2017
Abstract: Action potential is one of the main ways to transmit information in the nervous system. In fact, a single electrode tends to record the activities of more than one neuron, therefore, the recorded signals need to be analyzed to get the single neuron discharge sequences. This paper separates and analyzes the nerve signals of rat dorsal root ganglion by the program written in Matlab and commercial data analysis system LabChart respectively. The results showed that both of them can achieve to separate the different amplitudes signal and conduct statistical analysis, but Matlab program is simple and can directly isolate different neural signals which is easy to understand and accept, it can also process the data according to their specific characteristics and get more consistent results to the reality, while LabChart can only get the results close to the reality. In addition, LabChart can be modified to get more practical analysis through the analysis of Matlab. In a conclusion, Matlab program can satisfy the need to deal with the data independently, and it can also work as helper to improve the results of a commercial software processing.
Abstract: Action potential is one of the main ways to transmit information in the nervous system. In fact, a single electrode tends to record the activities of more than one neuron, therefore, the recorded signals need to be analyzed to get the single neuron discharge sequences. This paper separates and analyzes the nerve signals of rat dorsal root ganglion ...
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