A novel tablet-based motor coordination test performs on par with the Beery VMI subtest and offers superior temporal metrics : findings from children with pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome
(2023) In Experimental Brain Research 241(5). p.1421-1436- Abstract
Neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders are often associated with coordination problems. Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) constitutes a specific example of acute and complex symptomatology that includes difficulties with motor control. The present proof-of-concept study aimed at testing a new, bespoke tablet-based motor coordination test named SpaceSwipe, providing fine-grained measures that could be used to follow-up on symptoms evolution in PANS. This test enables computationally precise and objective metrics of motor coordination, taking into account both directional and spatial features continuously. We used SpaceSwipe to assess motor coordination in a group of children with PANS (n = 12, assessed on... (More)
Neuropsychiatric and neurodevelopmental disorders are often associated with coordination problems. Pediatric Acute-onset Neuropsychiatric Syndrome (PANS) constitutes a specific example of acute and complex symptomatology that includes difficulties with motor control. The present proof-of-concept study aimed at testing a new, bespoke tablet-based motor coordination test named SpaceSwipe, providing fine-grained measures that could be used to follow-up on symptoms evolution in PANS. This test enables computationally precise and objective metrics of motor coordination, taking into account both directional and spatial features continuously. We used SpaceSwipe to assess motor coordination in a group of children with PANS (n = 12, assessed on in total of 40 occasions) and compared it against the motor coordination subtest from the Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration (Beery VMI) 6th edition, traditionally used to follow-up symptomatology. Using a bivariate linear regression, we found that 33 s of the directional offset from tracking a moving target in SpaceSwipe could predict the Beery VMI motor coordination (VMI MC) raw scores (mean absolute error: 1.75 points). Positive correlations between the predicted scores and the VMI MC scores were found for initial testing (radj = 0.87) and for repeated testing (radj = 0.79). With its short administration time and its close prediction to Beery VMI scores, this proof-of-concept study demonstrates the potential for SpaceSwipe as a patient-friendly tool for precise, objective assessment of motor coordination in children with neurodevelopmental or neuropsychiatric disorders.
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- Thorsson, Max LU ; Galazka, Martyna A ; Hajjari, Parisa ; Fernell, Elisabeth ; Delafield-Butt, Jonathan ; Gillberg, Christopher ; Johnson, Mats ; Åsberg Johnels, Jakob and Hadjikhani, Nouchine
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- 2023-05
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- Humans, Child, Child Development, Psychomotor Performance, Benchmarking, Neuropsychological Tests
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- Experimental Brain Research
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- 241
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- 5
- pages
- 1421 - 1436
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- Springer Science and Business Media B.V.
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- scopus:85152584703
- pmid:37052647
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- 0014-4819
- DOI
- 10.1007/s00221-023-06612-x
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- English
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- © 2023. The Author(s).
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author = {{Thorsson, Max and Galazka, Martyna A and Hajjari, Parisa and Fernell, Elisabeth and Delafield-Butt, Jonathan and Gillberg, Christopher and Johnson, Mats and Åsberg Johnels, Jakob and Hadjikhani, Nouchine}},
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title = {{A novel tablet-based motor coordination test performs on par with the Beery VMI subtest and offers superior temporal metrics : findings from children with pediatric acute-onset neuropsychiatric syndrome}},
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