Clinical trial NCT06955078: Effects of VMI on Visual Perception, Spatial Awareness and Motor Skills in Preschool Children
Official title: Effects of Visual Motor Integration on Visual Perception, Spatial Awareness and Motor Skills in Preschool Children
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Preschool Children
Keywords: visual motor integration
preschool
visual perception
Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of VMI
Lead sponsor: Riphah International University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2025-05-02
Enrollment: 60
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 4
Maximum age (years): 6
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: A Randomized clinical trial performed in which 60 children equally divided into two groups and randomly allocated. Inclusion criteria for the study will be Children age 4 to 6 years old and all will be right-handed dominant with no history of visual or neurological abnormalities and exclusion criteria will be Children who presented a disability indicating a central nervous system dysfunction children age below 4 Years and above 6 years. One experimental group will perform Visual Motor Tasks, the other controlled group will perform routine class tasks. Pre and post assessment will be done. Outcomes to be analyzed will be enhancement in visual perception, spatial awareness and motor skills in preschool children by after performing VMI tasks. Data collection will be done before and after the intervention
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: The preschool stage is an important period for children to develop their motor, language, cognitive, and social-emotional skills. pre-school years are the best time to intervene and correct developmental delays. VMI is linked to learning-related tasks like writing, measuring it in youngsters is essential. Earlier studies reported that children with deficits in VMI had lower academic achievements, the inadequate spatial organization of written work, and lower performance in mathematics and reading performance. The Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration, Sixth Edition (Beery VMI-6), determined participants' VMI, VP and motor skills during the pre- and post-tests. Exposure to VMI tasks including, visual perception, spatial awareness and motor skills can be enhanced. VP is assessed by Visual Perception Task (VP Task) and Motor Coordination Task (MC Task) and spatial awareness is assessed by BAS 3.The aim of study is to analyze effects of VMI on visual perception, spatial awareness and motor skills in preschool children.

The current study will be randomized control trial; data will be collected from The Leaders Lyseum School Lahore. The study will include 60 children equally divided into two groups and randomly allocated. Inclusion criteria for the study will be Children age 4 to 6 years old and all will be right-handed dominant with no history of visual or neurological abnormalities and exclusion criteria will be Children who presented a disability indicating a central nervous system dysfunction children age below 4 Years and above 6 years. One experimental group will perform Visual Motor Tasks, the other controlled group will perform routine class tasks. Pre and post assessment will be done. Outcomes to be analyzed will be enhancement in visual perception, spatial awareness and motor skills in preschool children by after performing VMI tasks. Data collection will be done before and after the intervention. Tools used for data collection will be. Data will be analyzed through SPSS version 23.00.

Detailed description: Group A Experimental (Visual motor integration Group): Group A will perform all the class along with the VMI tasks include:

* Drawing (pictures and shapes for geometry)
* Handwriting components-letter formation, sizing, spacing, and line orientation
* Writing fluency (speed and accuracy)
* Reproducing drawings, letters, etc. from the board or a book
* Understanding left and right or other directional concepts
* Gross motor and PE activities Visual Perception Task (VP Task) the VP task will be used to measure an individual's visual abilities.
* Discriminating and understanding left from right
* Matching objects or images
* Recognizing letters and numbers
* Providing or obtaining directions
* Visualizing objects or past experiences
* Developing eye-hand coordination

Group B Control group (Free play group): In this group only class work will be done no VMI tasks are assigned and performed. The participants will be assessed by using The Beery Visual Motor Integration 6th Edition will be used to measure the integration of visual perception and motor skills and VP task will be used to measure an individual's visual abilities.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Children were 4 to 6 years old
* No history of visual or neurological abnormalities

Exclusion Criteria:

* • Children who presented a disability indicating a central nervous system dysfunction

  * Children wearing glasses

Primary outcomes:
measure: Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery VMI)
timeFrame: 12 weeks
measure: Test of Spatial Assembly (TOSA)
timeFrame: 12 Weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Lahore
country: Pakistan
facility: Imran Amjad
state: Punjab
Study officials:
affiliation: Riphah International University
name: Maria Amjad, MS-PT
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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