Game-based training of selective voluntary motor control in children and youth with upper motor neuron lesions: protocol for a multiple baseline design study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Impairments of selective control of joint movements can have consequences for many activities of daily life, but there are only a few interventions to improve selective voluntary motor control (SVMC). We have developed a treatment option to specifically enhance SVMC exploiting the advantages of interactive computer play technology. It targets SVMC by training selective activation of a muscle or a selective joint movement while it provides immediate feedback about involuntary muscle activations/movements at an (unwanted) joint. This study aims to investigate the effectiveness of this game-based intervention to enhance SVMC in children and youth with upper motor neuron lesions.

Methods

We will conduct a randomized, non-concurrent, multiple baseline design study. Pat

SUBMITTER: Fahr A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8582135 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature