Performance of Down syndrome subjects during a coincident timing task

dc.contributorUniversidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
dc.creatorTorriani-Pasin, Camila
dc.creatorBonuzzi, Giordano M. G.
dc.creatorSoares, Marcos A.
dc.creatorAntunes, Gisele L.
dc.creatorPalma, Gisele C. S.
dc.creatorMonteiro, Carlos B. M.
dc.creatorAbreu, Luiz Carlos de
dc.creatorValenti, Vitor Engrácia
dc.creatorPerotti Junior, Alaércio
dc.creatorWajnsztejn, Rubens
dc.creatorCorrêa, Umberto C
dc.date2014-05-27T11:29:00Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:47:51Z
dc.date2014-05-27T11:29:00Z
dc.date2016-10-25T18:47:51Z
dc.date2013-04-30
dc.date.accessioned2017-04-06T02:21:46Z
dc.date.available2017-04-06T02:21:46Z
dc.identifierInternational Archives of Medicine, v. 6, n. 1, 2013.
dc.identifier1755-7682
dc.identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/11449/75189
dc.identifierhttp://acervodigital.unesp.br/handle/11449/75189
dc.identifier10.1186/1755-7682-6-15
dc.identifier2-s2.0-84876672609.pdf
dc.identifier2-s2.0-84876672609
dc.identifierhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1755-7682-6-15
dc.identifier.urihttp://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/895936
dc.descriptionBackground: The time synchronization is a very important ability for the acquisition and performance of motor skills that generate the need to adapt the actions of body segments to external events of the environment that are changing their position in space. Down Syndrome (DS) individuals may present some deficits to perform tasks with synchronization demand. We aimed to investigate the performance of individuals with DS in a simple Coincident Timing task. Method. 32 individuals were divided into 2 groups: the Down syndrome group (DSG) comprised of 16 individuals with average age of 20 (+/- 5 years old), and a control group (CG) comprised of 16 individuals of the same age. All individuals performed the Simple Timing (ST) task and their performance was measured in milliseconds. The study was conducted in a single phase with the execution of 20 consecutive trials for each participant. Results: There was a significant difference in the intergroup analysis for the accuracy adjustment - Absolute Error (Z = 3.656, p = 0.001); and for the performance consistence - Variable Error (Z = 2.939, p = 0.003). Conclusion: DS individuals have more difficulty in integrating the motor action to an external stimulus and they also present more inconsistence in performance. Both groups presented the same tendency to delay their motor responses. © 2013 Torriani-Pasin et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.languageeng
dc.relationInternational Archives of Medicine
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subjectDown syndrome
dc.subjectGrowth & development
dc.subjectMotor activity
dc.subjectTask performance and analysis
dc.subjectabsolute error
dc.subjectaccuracy
dc.subjectadult
dc.subjectchronology
dc.subjectclinical article
dc.subjectcoincident timing task
dc.subjectcontrolled study
dc.subjecterror
dc.subjectexecutive function
dc.subjecthuman
dc.subjectmental performance
dc.subjectmotor activity
dc.subjectsimple timing task
dc.subjecttask performance
dc.subjecttime series analysis
dc.titlePerformance of Down syndrome subjects during a coincident timing task
dc.typeOtro


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