Effects of VMI on Visual Perception, Spatial Awareness and Motor Skills in Preschool Children
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: Visual Motor Integration.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: Preschool Children. Basic parameters: 4 years — 6 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Pakistan
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
Unsure about the terms? Read our patient guide →
Official title
Effects of Visual Motor Integration on Visual Perception, Spatial Awareness and Motor Skills in Preschool Children
Overview
The preschool stage is an important period for children to develop their motor, language, cognitive, and social-emotional skills. pre-school years are the best time to intervene and correct developmental delays. VMI is linked to learning-related tasks like writing, measuring it in youngsters is essential. Earlier studies reported that children with deficits in VMI had lower academic achievements, the inadequate spatial organization of written work, and lower performance in mathematics and reading performance. The Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration, Sixth Edition (Beery VMI-6), determined participants' VMI, VP and motor skills during the pre- and post-tests. Exposure to VMI tasks including, visual perception, spatial awareness and motor skills can be enhanced. VP is assessed by Visual Perception Task (VP Task) and Motor Coordination Task (MC Task) and spatial awareness is assessed by BAS 3.The aim of study is to analyze effects of VMI on visual perception, spatial awareness and motor skills in preschool children. The current study will be randomized control trial; data will be collected from The Leaders Lyseum School Lahore. The study will include 60 children equally divided into two groups and randomly allocated. Inclusion criteria for the study will be Children age 4 to 6 years old and all will be right-handed dominant with no history of visual or neurological abnormalities and exclusion criteria will be Children who presented a disability indicating a central nervous system dysfunction children age below 4 Years and above 6 years. One experimental group will perform Visual Motor Tasks, the other controlled group will perform routine class tasks. Pre and post assessment will be done. Outcomes to be analyzed will be enhancement in visual perception, spatial awareness and motor skills in preschool children by after performing VMI tasks. Data collection will be done before and after the intervention. Tools used for data collection will be. Data will be analyzed through SPSS version 23.00.
Detailed description
Group A Experimental (Visual motor integration Group): Group A will perform all the class along with the VMI tasks include:
* Drawing (pictures and shapes for geometry) * Handwriting components-letter formation, sizing, spacing, and line orientation * Writing fluency (speed and accuracy) * Reproducing drawings, letters, etc. from the board or a book * Understanding left and right or other directional concepts * Gross motor and PE activities Visual Perception Task (VP Task) the VP task will be used to measure an individual's visual abilities. * Discriminating and understanding left from right * Matching objects or images * Recognizing letters and numbers * Providing or obtaining directions * Visualizing objects or past experiences * Developing eye-hand coordination
Group B Control group (Free play group): In this group only class work will be done no VMI tasks are assigned and performed. The participants will be assessed by using The Beery Visual Motor Integration 6th Edition will be used to measure the integration of visual perception and motor skills and VP task will be used to measure an individual's visual abilities.
Interventions
- Other Visual Motor Integration
The Beery Visual Motor Integration will be used to measure the integration of visual perception and motor skills as the participant children imitated and copied a developmentally sequential series of geometric forms using pencil and paper. As the task progressed, the levels of difficulty in geometric forms increased. VP task will be used to measure an individual's visual abilities without the integration of fine motor skills. Children will be asked to point to the item in the array, which was i
Primary outcome measures
- Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery VMI) [Time frame: 12 weeks]
- Test of Spatial Assembly (TOSA) [Time frame: 12 Weeks]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- Children were 4 to 6 years old
- No history of visual or neurological abnormalities
Exclusion criteria
- • Children who presented a disability indicating a central nervous system dysfunction
- Children wearing glasses
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Allocation
- Randomized
- Model
- Parallel assignment
- Masking
- Single blind
- Primary purpose
- Other
Study locations
Pakistan · 1 center
- Imran Amjad — Lahore
Publications
- Lin LY. Differences between preschool children using tablets and non-tablets in visual perception and fine motor skills. Hong Kong J Occup Ther. 2019 Dec;32(2):118-126. doi: 10.1177/1569186119888698. Epub 2019 Dec 6. PMID 32009863
- Bolger LE, Bolger LA, O'Neill C, Coughlan E, O'Brien W, Lacey S, Burns C, Bardid F. Global levels of fundamental motor skills in children: A systematic review. J Sports Sci. 2021 Apr;39(7):717-753. doi: 10.1080/02640414.2020.1841405. Epub 2020 Dec 30. PMID 33377417
- Prochaska E, Ammenwerth E. A Digital Box and Block Test for Hand Dexterity Measurement: Instrument Validation Study. JMIR Rehabil Assist Technol. 2023 Sep 15;10:e50474. doi: 10.2196/50474. PMID 37713251
- Oberer N, Gashaj V, Roebers CM. Motor skills in kindergarten: Internal structure, cognitive correlates and relationships to background variables. Hum Mov Sci. 2017 Apr;52:170-180. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2017.02.002. PMID 28222343
- Flores P, Coelho E, Mourao-Carvalhal I, Forte P. Relationships between Math Skills, Motor Skills, Physical Activity, and Obesity in Typically Developing Preschool Children. Behav Sci (Basel). 2023 Dec 7;13(12):1000. doi: 10.3390/bs13121000. PMID 38131856
- Lopes L, Santos R, Pereira B, Lopes VP. Associations between gross motor coordination and academic achievement in elementary school children. Hum Mov Sci. 2013 Feb;32(1):9-20. doi: 10.1016/j.humov.2012.05.005. Epub 2012 Dec 20. PMID 23260614
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06955078 · REC/RCR/AHS/25/Hadeeqa Jabeen