title: Assisting children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder actively reduces limb hyperactive behavior with a Nintendo Wii Remote Controller through controlling environmental stimulation.
abstract: The latest studies have adopted software technology which turns the Wii Remote Controller into a high-performance limb action detector, we assessed whether two persons with multiple disabilities would be able to control an environmental stimulus through limb action. This study extends the functionality of the Wii Remote Controller to the correction of limb hyperactive behavior to assess whether two children with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) would be able to actively reduce their limb hyperactive behavior through controlling their favorite stimuli by turning them on/off using a Wii Remote Controller. An ABAB design, in which A represented the baseline and B represented intervention phases, was adopted in this study. Result 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 in the intervention phases. Practical and developmental implications of the findings are discussed.
authors: Department of Special Education, National Dong Hwa University, Hualien 970, Taiwan, ROC. schee@mail.ndhu.edu.tw
authors: Ching-Hsiang
authors: CH
authors: Shih
authors: Jui-Chi
authors: JC
authors: Yeh
authors: Ching-Tien
authors: CT
authors: Shih
authors: Man-Ling
authors: ML
authors: Chang
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001132:Arm; D001289:Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D016287:Computer Peripherals; D004779:Environment Design; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007866:Leg; D008297:Male; D009043:Motor Activity; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D011597:Psychomotor Performance; D012984:Software; D013813:Therapy, Computer-Assisted / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods