Game terapy in motor coordination and viso-motor integration in persons with Down Syndrome

• Autor(a) principal: Serra, Maysa Venturoso Gongora Buckeridge
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Hiraga, Cynthia Yukiko, Gonçalves, Danielle de Freitas, Silva, Letícia Hellen Pereira, Martins, Carolina Moreira, Tonello, Maria Georgina Marques
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Saúde e Pesquisa (Online)
• DOI: 10.17765/1983-1870.2017v10n2p309-316
• Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unicesumar.edu.br/index.php/saudpesq/article/view/5891
• topic: Video Games; Intellectual Disability; Exercise.; Jogos de Vídeo; Deficiência Intelectual; Exercício; Síndrome de Down

The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of game therapy in the motor coordination and visual-motor integration in individuals with Down syndrome (DS). Four people with DS participated in the study. The Test of Body Coordination for Children (Körperkoordinationstest Für Kinder – KTK) and the Test of Visual-Motor Integration (VMI) were applied. The participants performed 12 sessions of game therapy, lasting 20 minutes each, with games of the Nintendo Wii console. The participants did KTK and VMI tests before and after the game therapy program. All participants improved their scores in the KTK and VMI tests, two participants increased the final score in the two parts of the test. The results suggest that game therapy changes variables related to motor coordination and components involving perception in individuals with DS.