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Assisted ambulation and activity for restless or passive persons with profound multiple disabilities: assessing performance and preferences
Author(s) -
Lancioni Giulio E.,
O'Reilly Mark F.,
Campodonico Francesca
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
behavioral interventions
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.605
H-Index - 34
eISSN - 1099-078X
pISSN - 1072-0847
DOI - 10.1002/1099-078x(200010/12)15:4<331::aid-bin65>3.0.co;2-2
Subject(s) - psychology , multiple disabilities , activities of daily living , physical medicine and rehabilitation , developmental psychology , psychiatry , medicine
Two adults with profound multiple disabilities and restlessness or passivity were exposed to two occupational conditions involving (a) robot‐assisted ambulation and activity in a fairly large area and (b) unassisted ambulation and activity in a small area. The aim was to examine the participants' performance (independent activities, ambulation, and challenging behavior) in the two conditions and their possible preferences between those conditions. Data showed that the participants had higher percentages of independent activities, higher percentages of ambulation, and somewhat lower percentages of challenging behavior in the condition with the robot. The participants also seemed to prefer this condition over the one without the robot. Implications of the findings were discussed. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.