The Center for Diagnosis, Therapy and Research in Psychomotor Therapy (CDSRP) is an integral part of the Institute of Psychomotor Therapy. It contributes to the institute’s clinical services, academic training, and research initiatives.

Clinically, CDSRP offers diagnostic and therapeutic services at reduced rates to serve society and the broader community. It welcomes patients of all ages and specializes in the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of psychomotor disorders. The Center also helps guide patients toward appropriate therapeutic care, medical consultations, and academic or professional support services based on their individual needs.

On the academic level, CDSRP serves as a training site for Master’s students, where a series of theoretical and practical courses are delivered by IPM instructors. These include parent interviews, multidisciplinary meetings, care protocols, diagnostic procedures, evaluation reports, and therapeutic techniques. This reflection and analysis process allows students to strengthen their professional practice in psychomotricity, strengthen their professional identity, and experience the impact of effective care.

In terms of research, the CDSRP team, in collaboration with the IT Office, has developed software that digitizes data collection and ensures traceability of clinical interventions for a wide range of complex cases. Using this data, instructors and students evaluate therapeutic techniques, validate intervention protocols, and test assessment tools. CDSRP specializes in: 

• Motor rehabilitation through personalized cognitive-body approaches based on structured and individualized protocols and supported by AI tools such as virtual reality (Kinect Xbox) and Rehametrics program

• Handwriting analysis using digital tablets (Arabic script, bigraphism, and dysgraphia)

• Biofeedback applications (work-related stress, anxiety, writer’s cramp, generalized muscle tension)

• Rehabilitation using Motor Imagery Techniques (motor coordination, movement planning, etc.) 

Research Areas

Axis 1: Handwriting – Dr. Celeste Younes Harb, Dr. Shereen Ghantous and Samia Rabaa (PhD candidate) 

Axis 2: Adult Neurology and Geriatrics – Dr. Celeste Younes Harb, Dr. Shereen Ghantous and Joy Marina (PhD candidate) 

Axis 3: Psychomotor Tests

- BRA – Body Representation Assessment – Joanna Mourad (PhD candidate) 

- Adaptation of psychomotor test – Dr. Celeste Younes Harb, Christelle Baydouch (PhD candidate) 

Axis 4: Biofeedback – Rayane Daccache and Joanna Audi 

Axis 5: Artificial Intelligence in Psychomotor therapy (AI) – Maya Haddad (PhD candidate) 

Axis 6: Motor Performance - Nada Sattouf (PhD candidate)

 

Keywords: Rehabilitation protocol, Writing, Biofeedback, AI, Assessment tools, Body schema, Lillois Test of Gestural Apraxia (TLA), Adult neurology, Geriatrics 

 

Contact: Mrs. Renée Kassis Chamoun 

Phone: 71821279 or 01-421000 ext. 6618 

Email: cdsp.ipm@usj.edu.lb