Twenty weeks of computer-training improves sense of agency in children with spastic cerebral palsy

TY - JOUR

T1 - Twenty weeks of computer-training improves sense of agency in children with spastic cerebral palsy

AU - Ritterband-Rosenbaum, Anina

AU - Christensen, Mark Schram

AU - Nielsen, Jens Bo

N1 - CURIS 2012 5200 081

PY - 2012/7

Y1 - 2012/7

N2 - Children with cerebral palsy (CP) show alteration of perceptual and cognitive abilities in addition to motor and sensory deficits, which may include altered sense of agency. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether 20 weeks of internet-based motor, perceptual and cognitive training enhances the ability of CP children to determine whether they or a computer are responsible for the movement of a visually observed object. 40 CP children (8-16 years) were divided into a training (n:20) and control group (n:20). The training group trained 30 min each day for 20 weeks. The ability of the children to judge whether they themselves or a computer were responsible for moving an object on a computer screen was tested before and after the 20-week period. Furthermore, we included a healthy age-matched group to determine a normal functional level of performance. Our results showed a significantly larger increase in the number of correct subjective reporting for the training group (p

AB - Children with cerebral palsy (CP) show alteration of perceptual and cognitive abilities in addition to motor and sensory deficits, which may include altered sense of agency. The aim of this study was to evaluate whether 20 weeks of internet-based motor, perceptual and cognitive training enhances the ability of CP children to determine whether they or a computer are responsible for the movement of a visually observed object. 40 CP children (8-16 years) were divided into a training (n:20) and control group (n:20). The training group trained 30 min each day for 20 weeks. The ability of the children to judge whether they themselves or a computer were responsible for moving an object on a computer screen was tested before and after the 20-week period. Furthermore, we included a healthy age-matched group to determine a normal functional level of performance. Our results showed a significantly larger increase in the number of correct subjective reporting for the training group (p

KW - Adolescent

KW - Cerebral Palsy

KW - Child

KW - Computer User Training

KW - Feedback, Sensory

KW - Female

KW - Humans

KW - Longitudinal Studies

KW - Male

KW - Motor Activity

KW - Movement

KW - Proprioception

KW - Psychomotor Performance

KW - Therapy, Computer-Assisted

KW - Treatment Outcome

U2 - 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.02.019

DO - 10.1016/j.ridd.2012.02.019

M3 - Journal article

C2 - 22502849

SN - 0891-4222

VL - 33

SP - 1227

EP - 1234

JO - Research in Developmental Disabilities

JF - Research in Developmental Disabilities

IS - 4

ER -