Visual Perceptual Motor Training on Kindergarteners

March 24, 2024 updated by: National Cheng-Kung University Hospital

Effects of Different Visual-perceptual-motor Training Courses on Kindergarten Children

The study aims to investigate the effects of different visuomotor training programs on children's visuomotor skills and handwriting performance.

Study Overview

Status

Recruiting

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The purpose of this project is to investigate the effectiveness of visuomotor activities with different activity materials on fine motor, visual perception, visual-motor integration and handwriting performance of kindergarten children. Kindergarteners will be randomized into the three groups: control, Chinese, and traditional groups. Children in the Chinese and traditional groups will receive a visual perceptual motor training program twice every week for 12 weeks and those in the control group will not receive any intervention during the study period. in the end of fall semester of the first grade, the effectiveness of the interventional programs on handwriting performance of participants will be examined again.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Estimated)

180

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Contact

Study Locations

  • Taiwan
      • Tainan, Taiwan, 701
        • Recruiting
        • National Cheng Kung University

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

5 years to 6 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Kindergarten children who will study the first grade in coming September
  • Both parents are native Mandarin Chinese speakers

Exclusion Criteria:

  • A diagnosis of significant neurological, muscular, and skeletal system disorders
  • Visual or hearing problems that cannot be corrected to be normal
  • Genetic or chromosomal abnormality
  • Significant neurological, muscular, and skeletal damage to the trunk or upper extremities
  • moderate or severe intellectual disabilities

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
No Intervention: Control group
regular kindergarten education
Experimental: Chinese characters-based visual-motor program
visual perceptual motor activities using Chinese characters as activity materials.
Behavioral: Chinese character-based visuomotor training program
this program includes visual-perceptual-motor play, paper-pencil activities, and ipad games using Chinese character as activity materials
Experimental: traditional visual-motor training program
visual perceptual motor activities using commercial or self-designed toys and pencil-paper sheets as activity materials.
Behavioral: traditional visuomotor training program
this program includes play and paper-and-pencil activities, ipad games using commercial or self-designed stuffs as activity materials

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
The Chinese Handwriting Test
Time Frame: baseline, after 12-week intervention, through study completion, an average of 1 year
the change of the handwriting performance
baseline, after 12-week intervention, through study completion, an average of 1 year
The Chinese character recognition Test
Time Frame: baseline, after 12-week intervention, through study completion, an average of 1 year
the change of the Chinese character recognition ability
baseline, after 12-week intervention, through study completion, an average of 1 year
The Chinese Handwriting Evaluation Form (preschool version)
Time Frame: baseline, after 12-week intervention
the change of handwriting performance by kindergarten teacher's rating
baseline, after 12-week intervention
The Chinese Handwriting Evaluation Form (School-aged version)
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
the change of handwriting skills by teacher's rating
through study completion, an average of 1 year
The Battery of Chinese Basic Literacy
Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 1 year
the change of reading and handwriting skills
through study completion, an average of 1 year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Test of Visual Perceptual Skills-Fourth Edition (TVPS-4)
Time Frame: baseline, after 12-week intervention, through study completion, an average of 1 year
the change of visual perceptual skills
baseline, after 12-week intervention, through study completion, an average of 1 year
The Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-Second Edition (BOT-2)
Time Frame: baseline, after 12-week intervention, through study completion, an average of 1 year
the change of fine motor skills
baseline, after 12-week intervention, through study completion, an average of 1 year
The Berry-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration- Forth Edition (VMI)
Time Frame: baseline, after 12-week intervention, through study completion, an average of 1 year
the change of VMI
baseline, after 12-week intervention, through study completion, an average of 1 year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

National Cheng-Kung University Hospital

Collaborators

National Science and Technology Council

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Yea-Shwu Hwang, ScD, National Cheng Kung University

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

November 1, 2022

Primary Completion (Estimated)

August 31, 2026

Study Completion (Estimated)

August 31, 2026

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 5, 2023

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 20, 2023

First Posted (Actual)

April 3, 2023

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 26, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 24, 2024

Last Verified

May 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • A-ER-111-161

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

IPD Plan Description

IPD are to be shared with other researchers

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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