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Fluency and functional motor skills following brain injury
Author(s) -
Eastridge Dixie,
Mozzoni Michael P.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
behavioral interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1099-078X
pISSN - 1072-0847
DOI - 10.1002/bin.175
Subject(s) - fluency , psychology , gross motor skill , motor skill , grasp , life skills , developmental psychology , cognitive psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , pedagogy , medicine , mathematics education , computer science , programming language
The focus of this study was to try to establish key component, or element skills, and their underlying tool skills to improve functional gross motor skills to fluent levels for individuals who had suffered brain injuries. Four participants using the key component Big 6 skills of reach, point, touch, grasp, place, and release were studied to determine whether building these skills to a high rate could increase the functional motor skills in the impaired hand or in the non‐impaired, non‐dominant hand. The study indicates that increasing these skills to fluent levels increases the functional use in the participant's gross motor skill impaired hand and the non‐impaired, non‐dominant hand. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.