Lancioni Giulio E, O'Reilly Mark F, Singh Nirbhay N, Green Vanessa A, Oliva Doretta, Campodonico Francesca, Lang Russell, Buono Serafino
Department of Neuroscience and Sense Organs, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Dev Neurorehabil. 2013 Aug;16(4):237-44. doi: 10.3109/17518423.2012.757661. Epub 2013 Jan 16.
Assessing the effectiveness of technology-aided programs to help three children with multiple disabilities exercise adaptive head or leg-foot and hands responses independently.
The response selected for the two children included in Study I was head rotation (i.e. movements of at least 25 degrees to the left that could start from a full right position as well as from other positions). The responses selected for the child included in Study II involved forward movement of the left leg-foot and forward movement of his hand(s) to touch objects. Tilt or optic microswitches were used to monitor the responses and a computer system regulated the stimuli contingent on them.
The responses targeted in the two studies showed large frequency increases during the intervention phases of the studies (i.e. when followed by stimulation).
Technology-aided programs can be a useful resource to help children with multiple disabilities exercise relevant responses independently.
评估技术辅助项目帮助三名多重残疾儿童独立进行适应性头部或腿部-足部及手部反应的有效性。
纳入研究I的两名儿童所选择的反应是头部转动(即从完全右侧位置以及其他位置开始向左至少转动25度的动作)。纳入研究II的儿童所选择的反应包括左腿-足部向前移动以及其手部向前移动以触摸物体。倾斜或光学微动开关用于监测反应,并且计算机系统根据这些反应调节刺激。
两项研究中所针对的反应在研究的干预阶段(即随后进行刺激时)显示出频率大幅增加。
技术辅助项目可以成为帮助多重残疾儿童独立进行相关反应的有用资源。