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Research Paper | Physiotherapy | India | Volume 6 Issue 5, May 2017

Effect of Fine Motor Skill Training on Decoding Skills in School Going Children

Jasneet Kaur ^[3] | Preeti Gazbare

Abstract: Objectives To find the effect of fine motor skill training on decoding skills in school going children between the ages of 4 to 9 years and to compare its effect between both the genders. Study design An Experimental study on 30 school going children between the ages of 5-9 years, was conducted in Pune, India. The Abecedarian Reading Assessment for decoding skills. The children underwent fine motor skill training for a period of 2 weeks, three times per week for 45 minutes, which included, weight bearing exercises, theraputty exercises, theraband exercises, activities using different textures and ADL activities. Paired T test was used for statistical analysis. Results A total of 30 children with a mean age of 7 years were included. Paired T test showed statistically significant improvement in post training decoding skills (t=16.9, p=<0.0001) in male children (28.55, 39.55) of age 6 years (23.60, 34.80). Conclusion Fine motor skill training was found to be effective in improving decoding skills.

Keywords: fine motor skill training, decoding skills, Abecedarian Reading Assessment, school going children

Edition: Volume 6 Issue 5, May 2017,

Pages: 470 - 473

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