Assisting people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder by actively reducing limb hyperactive behavior with a gyration air mouse through a controlled environmental stimulation

The latest researches have adopted software technology turning the gyration air mouse into a high performance limb movement detector, and have assessed whether two persons with multiple disabilities would be able to control an environmental stimulation using limb movement. This study extends gyratio...

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Published in:Research in developmental disabilities 2011, Vol.32 (1), p.30-36
Main Author: Shih, Ching-Hsiang
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
ADHD
Adolescent
ALHBRP
Arm - physiology
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - physiopathology
Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity - therapy
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
Biological and medical sciences
Computer Peripherals
Computer Software
Control systems
Environment Design
Gyration air mouse
Humans
Intervention
Limb movement
Limbs
Male
Medical sciences
Motor Activity - physiology
Motor Reactions
Multiply disabled people
Posture
Posture - physiology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
Reeducation. Readaptation. Sociotherapy
Software
Stimulation
Therapy
Therapy, Computer-Assisted - instrumentation
Therapy, Computer-Assisted - methods
Treatments
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Summary:The latest researches have adopted software technology turning the gyration air mouse into a high performance limb movement detector, and have assessed whether two persons with multiple disabilities would be able to control an environmental stimulation using limb movement. This study extends gyration air mouse functionality by actively reducing limb hyperactive behavior to assess whether two persons with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) would be able to actively reduce their limb hyperactive behavior by controlling their favorite stimulation on/off using a gyration air mouse with a newly developed actively limb hyperactive behavior reducing program (ALHBRP). The study was performed according to an ABAB design, in which A represented the baseline and B represented intervention phases. Data showed that both participants significantly increased their time duration of maintaining a static limb posture (TDMSLP) to activate the control system in order to produce environmental stimulation during the intervention phases. Practical and developmental implications of the findings are discussed.
ISSN:0891-4222
1873-3379
DOI:10.1016/j.ridd.2010.08.009