Affiliation:
1. Occupational Therapist, Sindh Institute Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation, Karachi
2. Senior Lecturer, Sindh Institute Of Physical Medicine And Rehabilitation, Karachi
Abstract
Objective: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the difference at occupational performance skills related to visual perception among typical developing children and cerebral palsy children by using measuring test of MVPT-R.
Design And Sampling Technique: Quantitative cross-sectional study, convenience sampling method.
Study Setting And Participants: A total of 400 Cerebral palsy children (all types) and typical children each from different mainstream schools, rehab centers, pediatric occupational therapy departments, and special education centers located in Karachi.
Interventions / Data Collection: Test of visual perception that is Motor Free visual perceptual test- Revised MVPT-R.
Result: Result shows difference in perceptual ages (PA) between typical and cerebral palsy children. Perceptual age (PA) was greater than the chronological age (CA) in the typical group. Conversely, in the CP group the perceptual age (PA) was lesser than the chronological age (CA).
Conclusion: Visual perception skills play a key role in a child’s achievement at school and at home. Children require intact visual perception for the successful performance of their daily living as well as academic tasks like good eye-hand coordination, handwriting, reading, shape perception, play skills, and copying patterns, etc. This study is helpful to identify those children who have visual perception issues and sorting this problem will form the baseline for better evaluating and planning of useful visual perception activities for typical and cerebral palsy children.
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Engineering,General Environmental Science
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