The effects of a clinically applied program of vestibular stimulation on the neuromotor performance of children with severe developmental disability

Kenneth Ottenbacher; Margaret Anne Short-Degraff; Paul J. Watson

doi:10.1080/J006v01n03_01

The effects of a clinically applied program of vestibular stimulation on the neuromotor performance of children with severe developmental disability

Kenneth Ottenbacher, Margaret Anne Short-Degraff, Paul J. Watson

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The effect of a program of controlled vestibular stimulation on the gross motor, and relax development of 38 severely and profoundly retarded, nonambulatory, developmentally delayed children were investigated employing a pretest/posttest control group design. Data analysis revealed that subjects receiving a combined program of sensor motor therapy and controlled vestibular stimulation make significantly greater gains on measures of reflex integration, gross motor, and fine motor development than control subjects receiving a progression of normal motor development and appeared to be related to the age of subjects and to the presence or absence of identifiable neuromotor spasticity.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	1-12
Number of pages	12
Journal	Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics
Volume	1
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/J006v01n03_01
State	Published - 1981
Externally published	Yes

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Pediatrics, Perinatology, and Child Health
Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation
Rehabilitation
Occupational Therapy

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The effects of a clinically applied program of vestibular stimulation on the neuromotor performance of children with severe developmental disability. / Ottenbacher, Kenneth; Short-Degraff, Margaret Anne; Watson, Paul J.
In: Physical and Occupational Therapy in Pediatrics, Vol. 1, No. 3, 1981, p. 1-12.

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