• Search Research Projects
  • Search Researchers
  • How to Use
  1. Back to previous page

Problems in Balancing Movements of Children with Mental Retardation

Research Project

Project/Area Number 05680204
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for General Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 教科教育
Research InstitutionKanazawa University

Principal Investigator

KOKUBUN Mitsuru  Kanazawa University, Fac.Education, Assoc.Professor, 教育学部, 助教授 (40205365)

Project Period (FY) 1993 – 1994
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1994)
Budget Amount *help
¥1,400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000)
Fiscal Year 1994: ¥400,000 (Direct Cost: ¥400,000)
Fiscal Year 1993: ¥1,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000)
KeywordsChildren with mental retardation / Balancing movements / Optokinetic nystagmus / Body sway / Behavior regulation / 視運動眼振
Research Abstract

In order to clarify the relationship between problems of balancing movement and visual perception in chidren with mental retardation, optokinetic nystagmus of eye movement, body sway under visual stimuli controlled were investigated.
1.Low functioning of optokinetic nystagmus in children with mental retardation was found. The lower the function of optokinetic nystagmus is, the lower the score of balancing movements becomes.
2.Body sway measured by a force platform was generally larger in childeren with mental retardation. The larger the sway is, the lower the balancing ability becomes. But in Down syndrome it was found that their sway were rather small although their balancing abilities were seemed very low. It was suggested that measuring head sway was needed to resolve this contradiction.
The relationship between balancing movements and behavior regulation were also investigated. Behavior regulation of children with mental retardation was evaluated by Garfield's motor impersistence test. The poorer the behavior regulation was, the poorer was one foot balancing. It was thought that a physical setting that required people to figure out how to maintain their posture using external cues intuitively, worked effectively to improve the balancing movement of children with mental retardation who had showed a poorer level of behavior reguation.

Report

(3 results)
  • 1994 Annual Research Report   Final Research Report Summary
  • 1993 Annual Research Report
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All Other

All Publications (11 results)

  • [Publications] 国分充 他: "知能障害児童及び成人のバランス運動と行動調整能力" 特殊教育学研究. 31(4). 27-35 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1994 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 国分充 他: "幼児期の身体動揺に視覚が及ぼす影響の動揺方向による差異" Equilibrium Research. 53(2). 299-305 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1994 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 国分充: "精神遅滞児・者のバランスの多要因的・多水準的解析" 風間書房, 248 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1994 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Mitsuru Kokubun et al.: "Relation between Balance Performance and Behavior Reguation of Persons with Mental Retardation" The Japanese Journal of Special Education. 27-35 (1994)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1994 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Mitsuru Kokubun and Toshihide Koike: "Problems in Balance Performance in Mental Retardation" Medicine and Sports Science. (in press). (1995)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1994 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] 国分充他: "知能障害学童及び成人のバランス運動と行動調整能力" 特殊教育学研究. 31(4). 27-35 (1994)

    • Related Report
      1994 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 国分充: "精神遅滞児・者のバランスの多要因的・多水準的解析" 風間書房, 248 (1994)

    • Related Report
      1994 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 国分 充: "知能障害学童及び成人のバランス運動と行動調整能力" 特殊教育学研究. 31(4). 27-35 (1994)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 奥住秀之: "身体動揺の大きさと方向性の発達的変化" 発達科学研究年報. 7. 37-42 (1993)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 葉石光一: "視運動性眼振の発達に関する生理心理学的研究" 長野大学紀要. 15(2). 58-62 (1993)

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report
  • [Publications] 国分 充: "精神遅滞児・者のバランスの多水準的・多要因的解析" 風間書房,

    • Related Report
      1993 Annual Research Report

URL: 

Published: 1993-04-01   Modified: 2016-04-21  

Information User Guide FAQ News Terms of Use Attribution of KAKENHI

Powered by NII kakenhi