Evaluating Child Motor Development Using In-Home Assessments of Motor Skill and Performance

There is a gap in our understanding of how and why some children may show atypical development of their movement, and how we can detect and provide proper interventions as soon as possible. COVID-19 era has reshaped how we interact as humans and ultimately how we collect research data. The goal of this project is to develop and test methodology that will allow us to assess how children move in a home or community setting.

This project is proceeding in two parallel phases. One application is being constructed to assess fine motor and visuomotor function using games to test speed, accuracy, and coordination. Cursor position data are saved to the device to be used for later analysis.

 

A second phase, led by a senior biomedical engineering design team, is creating an application to record a child’s gross motor and balance function. Children mimic the movements of an animated character, and whole-body movement is video recorded and saved on the device for later analysis.

Welcome to our Game

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Welcome to our Game 〰️

  • Dr. Sheikh Iqbal Ahamed, Department of Computer Science, Marquette University

    Department Biomedical Engineering, Marquette University

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