AI-Supported Occupational Therapy for Handwriting

NCT06871566 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2024-242
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 42
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Aim: This study investigates the impact of an AI-supported occupational therapy program, developed using the Model of Human Occupation (MOHO), on handwriting skills in children at risk for Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD). Method: A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 42 children aged 8-12 years, identified as being at risk for DCD using the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ). Participants were randomized into an intervention group (n=21) and a control group (n=21). The intervention group received an AI-supported occupational therapy program twice weekly for 8 weeks. Handwriting performance was assessed pre- and post-intervention using the Minnesota Handwriting Assessment (MHA). Keywords: artificial intelligence, occupational

Conditions

Occupational Therapy

Keywords

Artifical intellegence; occupational therapy; developmental coordination disorders; handwriting; rehabilitation

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Minnesota Handwriting Assessment

  (MHA) assesses six categories of handwriting, including legibility, form, alignment, size, spacing and writing speed. The MHA consists of words that include all letters of the Turkish alphabet at least once and consist of 34 letters in total, and can be understood by children at the primary school level 23. In the test application, children copy this word sequence written on the paper to the marked line immediately below. In the scoring phase, the length of 1/16 inch (0.15 cm) is taken as a basis and all deviations, proportions between letters and within letters are evaluated by measuring this length with a ruler. The lowest score in each category of the MHA is 0 and the highest score is 34 24.

  Two assessments, one week before the intervention and one week after the intervention was completed

Study Arms (2)

Study group

EXPERIMENTAL

Children at Risk for Developmental Coordination Disorder

Other: Artificial Intelligence-Supported Occupational Therapy Program

Control group

NO INTERVENTION

Children at Risk for Developmental Coordination Disorder

Interventions

Artificial Intelligence-Supported Occupational Therapy Program OTHER

The AI-supported occupational therapy program was individually implemented by an occupational therapist over 8 weeks, with 2 sessions per week, each lasting 45 minutes. A touchscreen tablet, touch pen, and external camera were utilized during the sessions. At the beginning of the program, technological devices and artificial intelligence tools were introduced to the children. For the goals and detailed intervention program of the 8-week schedule

Study group

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 12 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• being between the ages of 8-12 years
• being at risk for DCD according to the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ)
• having the ability to understand the questionnaires
• continuing formal education
• having similar motor skill performance (having similar results from the Bruininks-Oseretsky Motor Proficiency Test 2 Brief Form (BOT2-BF)) and having similar visual perception level (having similar results from the Motor-Free Visual Perception Test-3(MVPT-3)

You may not qualify if:

• (1) having another neurodevelopmental, orthopedic and chronic problem (2) continuing any rehabilitation program

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Hacettepe University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Güleser Güney Yılmaz

Ankara, 06800, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Motor Skills Disorders

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Neurodevelopmental Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
• Masking Details: Single blind
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD Occupational Therapist

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: January 22, 2025
• First Posted: March 12, 2025
• Study Start: April 12, 2024
• Primary Completion: August 20, 2024
• Study Completion: August 30, 2024
• Last Updated: March 12, 2025

Record last verified: 2025-03

Locations

TU (1)