Eunjeong Bae, Eun Kyoung Choi, Hyejung Lee, Heejung Kim
Factors Associated With Media Addiction in Korean Elementary School Children
The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses
unilateral cerebral palsy ucp represents 3040 overall cerebral palsy diagnoses upper limb impairment significant negative impact activities daily living adl recent studies shown use virtual reality vr increase motivation promote improvement adl preliminary study aimed exploring acceptability usability vr rehabilitation treatment using vitamin platform children ucp secondary goal study compare results usual standardized clinical scales questionnaires kinematic results well quantitative measures acquired vitamin platform exercise rehabilitation sessions six children ucp aged 715 recruited preliminary investigation using nonimmersive vr system treatment composed 10 weekly sessions 45 minutes child played five types exergames using impaired upper limb hit virtual objects projected wide screen standardized clinical scales kinematic analysis questionnaires used extensively assess upper limb function end treatment five typicallydeveloping children provided reference instrumented kinematic assessment end treatment melbourne assessment 2 ma2 scores increased participants mean increase range movement rom 191 accuracy 46 dexterity 131 fluency 103 shoulder flexionextension rom also improved mean increase 105 according kinematic analysis shoulder movements became similar reference profiles results confirmed general improvement performing adl assessed abilhandkids questionnaire finally general agreement among different measures indexes emerged acquired data results show vr treatment vitamin platform could engaging functional rehabilitation children ucp good agreement among qualitative quantitative measures indexes confirms potential novel treatment however due limited sample size small number sessions larger investigations required evaluate effectiveness generalize results