Department of Kinesiology, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu,Taiwan.
Research Center for Education and Mind Sciences, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu,Taiwan.
Motor Control. 2023 Jan 20;27(3):480-497. doi: 10.1123/mc.2021-0123. Print 2023 Jul 1.
This study examined whether table tennis as a method of sensorimotor training improves haptic and motor function and to what extent haptic function gain correlates with changes in motor ability in children with probable developmental coordination disorder (pDCD). Children with pDCD were randomly assigned to the table tennis and nontraining control groups. The children in the table tennis group received 36 sessions of table tennis training, including ball balancing, hitting the ball against the wall, strokes, and serving. Haptic sensitivity, acuity, and motor function domains were measured. The results showed a 41.5% improvement in haptic sensitivity in children exposed to table tennis training compared with 2.8% in those without training. This improved haptic sensitivity significantly correlated with motor function gain, suggesting that somatosensory gains occur simultaneously with changes in motor function in children with pDCD. This novel upper limb motor training approach may be an interesting method of sensorimotor training in neurological rehabilitation in children with pDCD.
本研究旨在探讨乒乓球作为一种感觉运动训练方法是否能提高触觉和运动功能，以及触觉功能的提高程度与患有发育性协调障碍（pDCD）儿童运动能力变化的相关性。将患有 pDCD 的儿童随机分配到乒乓球和非训练对照组。乒乓球组的儿童接受了 36 节乒乓球训练，包括球平衡、击球、击球和发球。测量了触觉灵敏度、敏锐度和运动功能领域。结果显示，接受乒乓球训练的儿童的触觉灵敏度提高了 41.5%，而未接受训练的儿童仅提高了 2.8%。这种触觉灵敏度的提高与运动功能的提高显著相关，表明在患有 pDCD 的儿童中，感觉运动增益同时发生。这种新的上肢运动训练方法可能是一种有趣的感觉运动训练方法，可用于患有 pDCD 的儿童的神经康复。
