Motor and Perceptual Recovery in Adult Patients with Mild Intellectual Disability
Joint Authors
Lanza, Giuseppe
Bella, Rita
Cantone, Mariagiovanna
Pennisi, Giovanni
Pennisi, Manuela
Catalano, Maria A.
La Delfa, Gaetano
Bramanti, Alessia
Ferri, Raffaele
Source
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-9, 9 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-04-23
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
9
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
The relationship between intellectual disability (ID) and hand motor coordination and speed-accuracy, as well as the effect of aging on fine motor performance in patients with ID, has been previously investigated.
However, only a few data are available on the impact of the nonpharmacological interventions in adult patients with long-term hand motor deficit.
Methods.
Fifty adults with mild ID were enrolled.
A group of thirty patients underwent a two-month intensive ergotherapic treatment that included hand motor rehabilitation and visual-perceptual treatment (group A); twenty patients performing conventional motor rehabilitation alone (group B) served as a control group.
Data on attention, perceptual abilities, hand dexterity, and functional independence were collected by a blind operator, both at entry and at the end of the study.
Results.
After the interventions, group A showed significantly better performance than group B in all measures related to hand movement from both sides and to independence in activities of daily living.
Discussion.
Multimodal integrated interventions targeting visual-perceptual abilities and motor skills are an effective neurorehabilitative approach in adult patients with mild ID.
Motor learning and memory-mediated mechanisms of neural plasticity might underlie the observed recovery, suggesting the presence of plastic adaptive changes even in the adult brain with ID.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Cantone, Mariagiovanna& Catalano, Maria A.& Lanza, Giuseppe& La Delfa, Gaetano& Ferri, Raffaele& Pennisi, Manuela…[et al.]. 2018. Motor and Perceptual Recovery in Adult Patients with Mild Intellectual Disability. Neural Plasticity،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1210023
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Cantone, Mariagiovanna…[et al.]. Motor and Perceptual Recovery in Adult Patients with Mild Intellectual Disability. Neural Plasticity No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1210023
American Medical Association (AMA)
Cantone, Mariagiovanna& Catalano, Maria A.& Lanza, Giuseppe& La Delfa, Gaetano& Ferri, Raffaele& Pennisi, Manuela…[et al.]. Motor and Perceptual Recovery in Adult Patients with Mild Intellectual Disability. Neural Plasticity. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-9.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1210023
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1210023