Grip Movement Training for Adults With Fine Motor Limitation

Proposal for Grip Movement Training for Adults With Fine Motor Limitation

This study is to test the system composed by a 3D virtual environment, attached to the Leap Motion, evaluating its effects on the rehabilitation of hand movements in patients with motor alteration.

In order to elaborate the virtual environment, softwares for 3D content creation were used. The virtual environment is formed by four phases, each one having three spheres that are supposed to be inserted, one by one, into a hole located on the scenario floor. Each phase presents a level of difficulty, from pushing the object to performing the grip movement. By the end of each phase, a log file is generated with the time spent on it.

Inclusion Criteria:

• men and women with age equal or higher than 18 years old;
• having clinical diagnosis of neurological pathology;
• presenting fine motor coordination deficit and in grip strength;
• being able to understand instructions in order to perform the tasks of the virtual environment;
• minimum score of 23/24 (from a total of 30) in the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Not accepting to participate in this research