2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Development of quantitative evaluation for elucidating a clumsiness with pervasive developmental disorders
| Project/Area Number |
25750205
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
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| Allocation Type | Multi-year Fund |
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| Research Field |
Rehabilitation science/Welfare engineering
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| Research Institution | Hiroshima University |
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Principal Investigator |
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| Project Period (FY) |
2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
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| Keywords | 発達障害 / 成人 / 協調性 / 歩行 / 適応 |
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study was to develop a method using an adaptation ability of the physical movement against an external change (passive change in gait speed) and evaluating motor coordination with pervasive developmental disorder(PDD). Adults with PDD and healthy adults participated in this study. They performed a treadmill gait task, and its gait speed was passively increased. Our findings showed that an ability and motor strategy of PDD adults to adapt to gait speed increase differed from that of healthy adults; PDD adults had motor coordination disorders. Evaluating the physical movement ability to adapt to external changes, we may quantitatively assess the clumsiness of PDD caused by dysfunction of motor coordination.
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| Free Research Field |
作業療法学
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