Silva Louisa M T, Ayres Robert, Schalock Mark
Teaching Research Institute, Western Oregon University, PO Box 688, Salem, OR 97308, USA.
Am J Occup Ther. 2008 Sep-Oct;62(5):538-46. doi: 10.5014/ajot.62.5.538.
Sensory impairment is a common and significant feature of children on the autism spectrum. In 2005, a qigong massage intervention based on Chinese medicine and delivered by a doctor of Chinese medicine was shown to improve sensory impairment and adaptive behavior in a small controlled study of young children with autism. In 2006, the Qigong Sensory Training (QST) program was developed to train early intervention professionals to provide the QST intervention. This article describes the preliminary evaluation of the QST program as piloted with 15 professionals and 26 children and outcomes testing using standardized tests of sensory impairment and adaptive behavior. Results of outcomes comparing delivery by QST-trained therapists with delivery by a doctor of Chinese medicine showed that both groups improved and that there was no difference in outcome between the two groups. The intervention and training program are described, and implications for future research are discussed.
感觉障碍是自闭症谱系儿童常见且显著的特征。2005年，在一项针对自闭症幼儿的小型对照研究中，由一名中医实施的基于中医的气功按摩干预被证明可改善感觉障碍和适应性行为。2006年，开发了气功感觉训练（QST）项目，以培训早期干预专业人员提供QST干预。本文描述了QST项目的初步评估，该评估在15名专业人员和26名儿童中进行试点，并使用感觉障碍和适应性行为的标准化测试进行结果测试。将QST培训的治疗师提供的治疗与中医提供的治疗进行结果比较，结果表明两组均有改善，且两组之间的结果无差异。文中描述了干预和培训项目，并讨论了对未来研究的启示。
