Study on the Effect of Sensory Integration Intervention on Balance Ability Combined with Core Training for the Children and Adolescents with Moderate Intellectual Disabilities
Objective:To compare the effects of sensory integration combined with core training and simple sensory integration therapy on the balance of the children and adolescents with moderate intellectual disabilities.Methods:Thirty children aged 7～18 from Nanchong Institute for Children's Welfare in Sichuan Province were selected and randomly divided into randomly three groups based on age:sensory-core group(n=11),sensory integration group(n=10)and blank group(n=9).The sensory-core group and sensory integration group received sensory integration therapy and sensory integration combined with core training for 8 weeks respectively,to compare Berg Balance Scale,standing time with eyes open and closed on one leg and Time Up and Go Test(TUGT).Results:After 8 weeks of intervention,there was no significant difference in the changes of closed eye standing time among the three groups,but the BBS scores,TUGT time,and single leg standing ability of the sensory integration group and sensory nucleus group were significantly improved compared with the blank group(P＜0.05).In addition,the improvement in TUGT time and single leg standing time with closed eyes in the sensory nucleus group was more significant than that in the sensory integration group(P＜0.05).Conclusion:Children and adolescents with moderate intellectual disabilities have lower balance ability,and are at risk of falling.Both sensory integration training and/or core strength training can improve their balance ability,and the combination of sensory integration and core strength training performs better in improving balance ability.
Moderate intellectual disabilitiesBalance abilitySensory integration therapyCore training
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