exercise de visée

English translation: sighting task

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French term or phrase:exercise de visée
English translation:sighting task
Entered by: Andreas THEODOROU

00:13 Nov 26, 2010
French to English translations [PRO]
Medical - Medical (general) / bilan psychomoteur
French term or phrase: exercise de visée
Context: bilan psychomoteur d'un enfant

The assessment contains this line in the "general co-ordination" section
exercise de visée est réussie de la main droite.

I imagine it is one of the items on this test:
http://www.healthline.com/galecontent/lincoln-oseretsky-moto...

I can't imagine what the text actually involves and so can't come up with a translation. Does the testee have to throw the object into/at a target?

Any ideas?

TIA
Andreas THEODOROU
Spain
Local time: 01:18
sighting practice or aiming practice
Explanation:
Termium gives "sighting practice" and "aiming practice" (see record #142 on first web reference below).

I also found a reference to "jeux de puces géantes" [tiddlywinks?] that says "Jouer aux puces est un exercice de visée qui aide la coordination oeil-main" (see the second web reference below).

So perhaps it's a test for hand-eye-aiming coordination.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-11-26 06:47:24 GMT)
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typo in my citation; it reads "Jouer aux puces est un exercice de visée qui aide à la coordination oeil-main"

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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-11-26 06:53:58 GMT)
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Tiddlywinks is listed under "hand-eye coordination" (http://loxlon.com/Games/Hand-Eye_Coordination/Tiddlywinks/); maybe that would be a better translation here.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-11-26 06:56:42 GMT)
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Oops, the URL was not built correctly in the previous note; here's the right one: http://loxlon.com/Games/Hand-Eye_Coordination/Tiddlywinks/
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cc in nyc
Local time: 19:18
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Summary of answers provided
4 +1hand-eye coordination test
Hilary Wilson
3sighting practice or aiming practice
cc in nyc
4 -1finger—nose—finger test or the like
Drmanu49


Discussion entries: 4





  

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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
exercice de visée
sighting practice or aiming practice


Explanation:
Termium gives "sighting practice" and "aiming practice" (see record #142 on first web reference below).

I also found a reference to "jeux de puces géantes" [tiddlywinks?] that says "Jouer aux puces est un exercice de visée qui aide la coordination oeil-main" (see the second web reference below).

So perhaps it's a test for hand-eye-aiming coordination.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-11-26 06:47:24 GMT)
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typo in my citation; it reads "Jouer aux puces est un exercice de visée qui aide à la coordination oeil-main"

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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-11-26 06:53:58 GMT)
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Tiddlywinks is listed under "hand-eye coordination" (http://loxlon.com/Games/Hand-Eye_Coordination/Tiddlywinks/); maybe that would be a better translation here.

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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-11-26 06:56:42 GMT)
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Oops, the URL was not built correctly in the previous note; here's the right one: http://loxlon.com/Games/Hand-Eye_Coordination/Tiddlywinks/


    Reference: http://btb.termiumplus.gc.ca/tpv2alpha/alpha-eng.html?lang=e...
    Reference: http://books.google.com/books?id=uICRSKrvn-0C&pg=PA222&lpg=P...
cc in nyc
Local time: 19:18
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 50
Grading comment
Thanks all for discussion.
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
finger—nose—finger test or the like


Explanation:
Perhaps the most popular test of coordination, however, is the finger—nose—finger test, in which the patient is asked to alternately touch their ...
www.neuroexam.com/content.php?p=36

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Note added at 6 hrs (2010-11-26 07:10:41 GMT)
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See also
"Flip" test hand over, & touch opposite hand w posterior fingers ... to drum index & middle finger of 1 hand up & down as quickly as possible on back ...
at.uwa.edu/currhome/AH323/skillsCoord.asp

Next have the patient perform the heel to shin coordination test. ... The heel to shin test is a measure of coordination and may be abnormal if there ...
cloud.med.nyu.edu/modules/pub/neurosurgery/coordination.html

Drmanu49
France
Local time: 01:18
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in FrenchFrench
PRO pts in category: 5346

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  cc in nyc: But this sounds too specific for the context, at least given what we "know" so far..
6 hrs
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8 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
hand-eye coordination test


Explanation:
depends on the tests used

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Note added at 10 hrs (2010-11-26 10:36:33 GMT)
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This offer probably wrong, see discussion

Hilary Wilson
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:18
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 40

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Valeria Sciarrillo: :) hey, I agree with you again!
2 hrs
  -> Not so sure, see discussion!

neutral  cc in nyc: Not so wrong; see the "Notes" on the entry I posted.
4 hrs
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