Changes in Small Involuntary Movements and Heart Rate in a Young Child With Profound and Multiple Disabilities in Responsive Environments

Kawasumi, Ryuichi; Sato, Ayako; Okazawa, Shin-ichi; Nakamura, Yasukazu; Sasahara, Miku

doi:10.6033/tokkyou.46.81

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“…According to a study by Ooba & Era (2002) that examined research trends in the developmental evaluation of children with SMID, physiological indices such as the heart rate and brain waves were used in 29 out of 78 articles (37%). The heart rate in particular is simpler to measure than other methods, imposes little stress on the child, and was used in many prior studies to evaluate the sensory function, interest, and concern of children with SMID (e.g., Ooe, 2012;Kawasumi, Sato, Okazawa, et al, 2008).…”

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Individual Evaluation of the Visual Functions of Children with Severe Motor and Intellectual Disabilities using the Heart Rate Index

Ishida

Mizutani²

2017

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Children with severe motor and intellectual disabilities (hereinafter, "children with SMID") produce only slight movements in response to surrounding influences, and it is difficult to evaluate their remaining sensory functions through behavioral observation alone. In this study, we focused on a first-grade Junior high-school student (hereinafter, "Student A") with concurrent visual (light perception only) and hearing (complete deafness) disabilities in addition to severe motor and intellectual disabilities, who was attending a "Special Needs Education School for the Physically Challenged", and we evaluated the student's sensory functions using the heart rate index. As a result, an orienting response, where the presentation of visual light and color stimuli coincides with a transient reduction in heart rate, was found to be highly reproducible, which suggests that the student perceives visual stimuli. Similarly, in response to facial stimuli, Student A's heart rate response to familiar and unfamiliar faces differed, with the heart rate decreasing in response to unfamiliar faces, and increasing in response to familiar faces. Based on this, it seems likely that Student A differentiates faces, and that his heart rate response differs depending on his affinity for the face. While Student A's visual functionality was previously diagnosed by a physician as light perception only, the results of this study suggest that Student A may retain the visual functionality to differentiate and recognize people. severe motor and intellectual disabilities (SMID), heart-rate fluctuation, visual function evaluation oishida.iworld@gmail.com (Osamu ISHIDA; Japan) Asian J Human Services, 2017, 13:36 -48.

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confidence: 99%