title: Virtual Sensorimotor Training for Balance: Pilot Study Results for Children With Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders.
abstract: To examine the effects of Sensorimotor Training to Affect Balance, Engagement, and Learning (STABEL), a virtual reality system to train sensory adaptation for balance control, for children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASDs).
  
  
  
  Twenty-three children with FASDs received STABEL training in a university laboratory, or home, or were controls. The Movement Assessment Battery for Children-2nd edition (MABC-2) and Pediatric Clinical Test of Sensory Interaction for Balance-2 (P-CTSIB-2) were analyzed by group (lab, home, and control), session (pre-STABEL, 1 week post-STABEL, and 1 month post-STABEL), and group-by-session interaction.
  
  
  
  Significant effects were group and session for MABC-2 Balance and interaction for MABC-2 Total Motor and P-CTSIB-2.
  
  
  
  Preliminary results support improved sensory adaptation, balance, and motor performance post-STABEL, which warrant further study with a larger, randomized sample.
authors.affiliation: Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle.
authors.forename: Tracy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jirikowic
authors.forename: Sarah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Westcott McCoy
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: Marcia A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Ciol
authors.forename: Lin-Ya
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Kartin
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D056228:Feedback, Sensory / Q000502:physiology; D005260:Female; D063647:Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D007858:Learning; D008297:Male; D009068:Movement; D026741:Physical Therapy Modalities; D010865:Pilot Projects; D004856:Postural Balance / Q000502:physiology*; D014584:User-Computer Interface