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 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.
Shih
Ching-Hsiang
CH
Department of Special Education, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien, Taiwan, ROC. schee@mail.ndhu.edu.tw
D000293:Adolescent; D001132:Arm / Q000502:physiology; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000628:therapy*; D016287:Computer Peripherals; D004779:Environment Design; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity / Q000502:physiology*; D011187:Posture / Q000502:physiology; D012984:Software; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods