Open AccessMOTORIC SPEED AND MANUAL DEXTERITY OF CHILDERN WITH IMPAIRED VISION
Author(s) -
Dženana Radžo Alibegović,
Hurma Begić
Publication year - 2017
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.21554/hrr.041707
Subject(s) - visual impairment , psychology , physical medicine and rehabilitation , motor impairment , visually impaired , audiology , medicine , optometry , psychiatry
The aim of this study was to estimate the motoric speed and manual dexterity of children with visual impairments. The research is covered by a sample size of 35 participants with visual impairment, with ages between 7 and 15 years, of which 19 participants with visual impairment were male and 16 participants with impaired vision were female. The study was conducted in 17 primary schools in the municipality of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The results showed that the motoric speed and manual dexterity of children with visual impairment is evenly developed on the right and left hand, and also on both hands together and that there is a relationship between the motoric speed and manual dexterity of the right and left hand and both hands together