Occupational therapy and Beery VMI scores of children with autism spectrum disorder, brachial plexus injury, and cerebral palsy

Blair Carsone,Katherine Green,William Torrence,Bridgett Henry

doi:10.12688/f1000research.52435.1

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Abstract

Data of 107 children (84 males and 23 females) who received occupational therapy services were collected. Data collected included age, gender, prescribed frequency of occupational therapy, number of sessions attended within the six-month timeframe, pre and post Beery Visual Motor Integration scores.

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The existing research is at a consensus that autism spectrum disorder (ASD), brachial plexus injury (BPI), and cerebral palsy (CP) affect visual motor integration (VMI) and that VMI may be positively impacted by occupational therapy intervention (Bumin & Kavak, 2008; Cho et al, 2015; Desai & Rege, 2005; Duff & DeMatteo, 2015; Green et al, 2016; Lu et al, 2016; Miller et al, 2014; Wadsworth et al, 2017)
The research does not adequately address the potential relationship between occupational therapy intervention and the Beery VMI scores of children with ASD, BPI, and CP. This secondary data analysis cohort study addressed the current gap in knowledge by providing data that can be used to investigate the relationship between occupational therapy, age, gender, and pre-Beery VMI scores on post-Beery VMI scores of children with ASD, BPI, and CP
Patients with a formal diagnosis of ASD, BPI, and CP designated in the electronic medical record (EMR) who were between the ages of two years, zero months, and five years 11 months during the initial assessment were considered for inclusion in the study

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Introduction

The existing research is at a consensus that autism spectrum disorder (ASD), brachial plexus injury (BPI), and cerebral palsy (CP) affect visual motor integration (VMI) and that VMI may be positively impacted by occupational therapy intervention (Bumin & Kavak, 2008; Cho et al, 2015; Desai & Rege, 2005; Duff & DeMatteo, 2015; Green et al, 2016; Lu et al, 2016; Miller et al, 2014; Wadsworth et al, 2017). The research does not adequately address the potential relationship between occupational therapy intervention and the Beery VMI scores of children with ASD, BPI, and CP. This secondary data analysis cohort study addressed the current gap in knowledge by providing data that can be used to investigate the relationship between occupational therapy (prescribed frequency and total sessions attended), age, gender, and pre-Beery VMI scores on post-Beery VMI scores of children with ASD, BPI, and CP

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