Assisted ambulation and activities for persons with profound multiple disabilities: assessing different ambulation levels.
Two participants with profound multiple disabilities were exposed to two occupational situations, which included 1-min. and 3-min. robot-assisted ambulation prior to each activity, respectively. Analysis showed participants' mean percentages of engagement time (session time they spent ambulating or manipulating objects) were well above 90 in both situations. The amount of deviant behavior was somewhat higher in the latter occupational situation for one participant. Implications of the findings were discussed.
Lancioni
G E
GE
Department of Psychology, University of Leiden, The Netherlands. Lancioni@FSW.LeidenUniv.NL
Mantini
M
M
Groeneweg
J
J
D000328:Adult; D001766:Blindness / Q000150:complications; D003638:Deafness / Q000150:complications; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D008607:Intellectual Disability / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology; D009069:Movement Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D016138:Walking