title: Upper-Limb Rehabilitation With Adaptive Video Games for Preschool Children With Developmental Disabilities.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study used a novel device to make video games accessible to children with developmental disabilities (DD) by modifying the training software and interfaces to enhance motor training.
  
  
  METHODS
  In the pretest-posttest design, 20 children (13 boys, 7 girls; mean age=5.2 yr) with DD received adaptive upper-limb motor rehabilitation consisting of fifteen 30-min individual sessions 3 times per week for 5 wk.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Improvement in Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual Motor Integration and Peabody Developmental Motor Scales, Second Edition, scores for children with DD indicated significant differences between pretest and posttest.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The rehabilitation device modified for the needs of children with DD is effective in improving visual-motor performance of children with DD.
authors.affiliation: Hsieh-Chun Hsieh, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Special Education, National Hsinchu University of Education, Hsinchu City, Taiwan; elsajj@mail.nhcue.edu.tw.
authors.forename: Hsieh-Chun
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.affiliation: Hung-Yu Lin, PhD, OTR, is Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, I-Shou University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Hung-Yu
authors.initials: HY
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: Wen-Hsin Chiu, PhD, is Professor, Department of Physical Education, National Hsinchu University of Education, Hsinchu City, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Wen-Hsin
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.affiliation: Ling Fu Meng, PhD, is Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Therapy, Chang Gung University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Ling Fu
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Meng
authors.affiliation: Chun Kai Liu, PhD, is Project Manager, Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu City, Taiwan.
authors.forename: Chun Kai
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Liu
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D015331:Cohort Studies; D002658:Developmental Disabilities / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills; D019957:Motor Skills Disorders / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011446:Prospective Studies; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D034941:Upper Extremity / Q000503:physiopathology*; D018910:Video Games