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    ACTIVIDAD ES RECREATIVAS DE MESA PARA MEJORAR LA MOTRICIDAD FINA Y GRUESA EN PACIENTES GERIÁTRICOS
    (Universidad Técnica de Ambato/ Facultad de Ciencias de Salud /Carrera de Fisioterapia, 2024-08-28) Venegas Cedeño, Marco Vinicio; Caiza Lema, Stalin Javier
    Fine motor skills deteriorate due to different factors such as poor motor-o cu l o coordination, degeneration of the central nervous system. The objective of this research project was to evaluate the impact of a physiotherapeu t i c intervention using board games to improve fine and gross motor skills in geriatr i c adults. The assessments were applied to the 17 geriatric adults with a duration of 10 minutes in each person. The Purdue Pegboard test was used to carry out the assessment to determine the fine and gross motor skills of the upper limb, the Mini-Mental test was used to exclude people with dementia, the 6-minute walk test helped to evaluate the physical condition of the geriatric people, and the Lawton and Brody test was used to identify the level of activities of daily living performed by the older adults and, thus, to know how all these factors affect motor skills. The exercises were performed twice a week for 6 weeks. There was a predominance of the female sex with 58.80% over the male sex. The results indicated that there were significant improvements under the application of the intervention, data that was corroborated by the Sperman test p=0.95.Once the intervention was completed, it became evident that play therapy as a physiotherapeutic treatment helps to improve fine and gross motor skills in geriatr i c adults.