Title: Computerized Kohs Block Design Test with Rotation of Each Surface of a Block
Author: Kentaroh FURUTA, Hidehisa OKU (Okayama University of Science ) Daijiro KURODA (Hyogo prefectural Counseling Office) Masayuki BOHOKA (Hyogo Rehabilitation Center)
Proceedings of 12th Japanese Conference of Advancement of Rehabilitation Technology, Vol.12 pp.571-574 (August,1997)
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed:
Kentaroh FURUTA (Okayama University of Science)
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Abstract:
There is a non linguistic Kohs block design test as a psychically working capacity test. As for the people with upper limb disabilities it is difficult to pick up, rotate, move, and fix blocks, they has developed soft wear for Kohs block design test. In the existing soft wear, all 24 type surfaces of block, which is needed to complete pattern figure, are displayed on the CRT and the subject picks up, moves and fixes these surfaces to make same pattern figure instructed at first by operating some switches without rotation. Its effectiveness has been already attested. In the developing soft wear, basic 6 type surfaces of block are displayed on the CRT and rotational function is added. These two soft wears are compared by examination and it is confirmed that the developing soft wear with rotational function is effective for psychically working capacity test.