title: Impact of favorite stimuli automatically delivered on step responses of persons with multiple disabilities during their use of walker devices.
abstract: Favorite stimuli were automatically delivered contingent on the performance of steps by two persons (a boy and a woman) with multiple disabilities during their use of support walker devices. The study lasted about 4 months and was carried out according to a multiple baseline design across participants. Recording concerned the participants' frequencies of steps and their indices of happiness during baseline and intervention sessions. Data showed that both participants had a significant increase in each of these two measures during the intervention phase. Implications of the findings and new research issues are discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Bari, Via Quintino Sella 268, 70100 Bari, Italy. g.lancioni@psico.uniba.it
authors.forename: Giulio E
authors.initials: GE
authors.lastname: Lancioni
authors.forename: Nirbhay N
authors.initials: NN
authors.lastname: Singh
authors.forename: Mark F
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: O'Reilly
authors.forename: Francesca
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Campodonico
authors.forename: Giorgia
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Piazzolla
authors.forename: Lorenza
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Scalini
authors.forename: Doretta
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Oliva
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation; D001331:Automation; D002648:Child; D006233:Persons with Disabilities; D005260:Female; D006240:Happiness; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009146:Music; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010775:Photic Stimulation; D012656:Self-Help Devices; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014732:Vibration; D016138:Walking