This study examined the effects of model type and verbal rehearsal strategy in relation to motor sequencing of boys with learning disabilities (LD). Eighty boys, ages 7 and 8 years, were exposed to four experimental conditions in a 2 x 2 (Model x Verbal Rehearsal Strategy) design. Subjects were randomly assigned to one of four groups: (a) visual-silent modellverbal rehearsal, (b) visual-verbal ...

Recently, surface electroencephalogram (EEG)-based brain-machine interfaces (BMI) have been used for people with disabilities. As a BMI signal source, event-related desynchronization of alpha-band EEG (8-13 Hz) during motor imagery (mu ERD), which is interpreted as desynchronized activities of the activated neurons, is commonly used. However, it is often difficult for patients with severe hemip...

In a population-based survey in a defined area in the parish of Clarendon, Jamaica, the prevalence of six types of childhood disabilities was sought. All children aged 2-9 years who screened positive for disability, with 8% of children screening negative (out of a total of 5,468 children), were assessed by a physician and a psychologist. Disabilities were categorised by types and levels of seve...

BACKGROUND Young people with disabilities, especially physical disabilities, report worse health than others. This may be because of the disability, lower levels of physical activity, and discrimination. For children with cerebral palsy, access to physiotherapy and physical activity is a crucial prerequisite for good health and function. To date, there is limited knowledge regarding potential g...

INTRODUCTION Multiple handicapped children and children with syndromes and conditions resulting additional disabilities such as cerebral palsy, global developmental delay and autistic spectrum disorder, are now not routinely precluded from receiving a cochlear implant. The primary focus of this study was to determine the effect of cochlear implants on the speech perception and intelligibility o...

Twenty-four Parkinsonism patients were compared with `normal controls' and with another chronically disabled group, matched for age, sex distribution, and socioeconomic background, on measures of depression and some intellectual factors. A tendency to depression in the Parkinsonism sufferers was demonstrated together with an apparent specific intellectual deficit, for which a cause related to t...

Simultaneous adaptation of the thumb and index finger of the same hand to 1 opposite prism displacements. 2 3 Willemijn D. Schot, Eli Brenner, Jeroen B. J. Smeets 4 5 1. Research Institute MOVE, Faculty of Human Movement Sciences, VU University 6 Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands 7 2. Current address: Center for Motor and Cognitive Disabilities, Utrecht University, 8 Utrecht, The Netherland...

Falls in the geriatric population are one of most important causes disabilities this age group. Its consequences impose a great deal economic burden on health and insurance systems. This study was conducted by multidisciplinary team with aim evaluating effect visuo-spatial-motor training for prevention falls older adults. The subjects consisted 31 volunteers aged 60 to 92 years who were studied...

Motor Disorder Perinatal hypoxia-ischemia (HI) brain damage is an important risk factor for disabilities in children. Brain damage from HI often causes a wide range of motor impairments such as those found in cerebral palsy and dystonia. It is also known that deficiency in brain tetrahydrobiopterin (BH4) causes dystonia at birth. In a normal fetal rabbit model we have found that BH4 concentrati...