Leyssens Laura, Van Hecke Ruth, Moons Karlien, Luypaert Sofie, Danneels Maya, Patru Julie, Willems Melina, Maes Leen
Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Ghent, Ghent, Belgium.
Department of Audiology, Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, Ghent, Belgium.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2022 Jan;35(1):280-294. doi: 10.1111/jar.12948. Epub 2021 Oct 24.
This pilot study aimed to explore the impact of visual, auditory and vestibular dysfunctions on the postural balance performance in adults with intellectual disabilities. Additionally, a comparison was made between the subjects with intellectual disabilities and a control group concerning static and dynamic balance tasks.
Thirty adults with intellectual disabilities and 25 control subjects received a postural balance assessment. Additionally, the experimental group was subjected to a visual, auditory and vestibular screening.
The experimental group performed significantly worse and/or showed more sway compared to the control group for all balance tasks (p < .01) except the timed up and go test. Within the experimental group, a significant positive correlation (r (24) = 0.513, p = .007) was observed between the number of failed sensory screening items and the number of failed balance tasks.
These findings suggest significant involvement of peripheral sensorial deficits in the balance problems that people with intellectual disabilities often experience.
本试点研究旨在探讨视觉、听觉和前庭功能障碍对成年智障人士姿势平衡表现的影响。此外,还对智障受试者与对照组在静态和动态平衡任务方面进行了比较。
30名成年智障人士和25名对照受试者接受了姿势平衡评估。此外,实验组还接受了视觉、听觉和前庭筛查。
除定时起立行走测试外,实验组在所有平衡任务中的表现均显著差于对照组和/或表现出更多晃动(p <.01)。在实验组中,感觉筛查项目未通过的数量与平衡任务未通过的数量之间存在显著正相关(r(24)=0.513,p =.007)。
这些发现表明,外周感觉缺陷在智障人士经常经历的平衡问题中起重要作用。