Abstract

  Covid-19 caused by SARS COV-2, is associated with neurological and ophthalmological manifestations. It is one the largest global pandemic affecting over 3 million people in 213 countries worldwide. It has led to a death toll of > 200 thousand people in a short period of 4 months as per WHO on May 1^st 2020. India has reported over 33,000 cases with > 1000 deaths [1,2].

Keywords: Covid-19; SARS COV-2; Pediatric Ocular Conditions

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Objective: Our study aimed to investigate the effect of a sensorimotor training on cognitive performance, especially on pre-writing and pre-reading skills, in an Italian elementary school children.

Methods: 463 elementary school children, aged 5 to 7 years (266 in the experimental group and 197 in the control group). In order to evaluate the effectiveness of the sensorimotor training, which lasted twice a week for 12 sessions, the psychometric evaluations were at before, after the training and at a follow-up after one month. We used two tests: VMI (Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration) that assesses the ability to coordinate body movements with visual perception; PRCR-2 (Prove di Prerequisito per la Diagnosi delle Difficoltà di Lettura e Scrittura; English translation: "Pre-writing and Pre-reading Deficits Assessment)” that assesses prewriting and prereading deficits.

Results: The results of the specific sensorimotor training showed a significant effect of the training in improving performance at several PRCR-2 items, while no significant effect resulted on the performance at VMI.

Conclusion: Sensorimotor training showed an improving effect on pre-writing and pre-reading skills, with a significant reduction in writing and reading deficits. Instead, no significant effect resulted on visual motor integration.

Citation

Citation: Scognamiglio Riccardo Marco., et al. “A Quasi-Experimental Study of a Sensorimotor Training on Pre-Writing and Pre-Reading Skills in an Italian Elementary School with Children Aged 5 to 7 Years". Acta Scientific Paediatrics 4.2 (2021): 53-56.

Copyright

Copyright: © 2020 Scognamiglio Riccardo Marco., et al. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.