AI-Supported Occupational Therapy for Handwriting

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Occupational Therapy

• Registration Number: NCT06871566
• Lead Sponsor: Hacettepe University

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

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-04-12
• Primary Completion: 2024-08-20
• Study Completion: 2024-08-30
• Study First Submitted: 2025-01-22
• Status Verified: 2025-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2025-03-11
• Last Update Submitted: 2025-03-11
• Study First Posted: 2025-03-25
• Last Update Posted: 2025-03-25

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

1. being between the ages of 8-12 years
2. being at risk for DCD according to the Developmental Coordination Disorder Questionnaire (DCDQ)
3. having the ability to understand the questionnaires
4. continuing formal education
5. 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)

Exclusion Criteria

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

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Minnesota Handwriting Assessment	Two assessments, one week before the intervention and one week after the intervention was completed	(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.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Güleser Güney Yılmaz; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey