Investigation into the impact of cognitive load in children with and without identified postural control difficulties.
This study investigates the effect of cognitive load on children with and without identified postural control difficulties. In addition the study investigates whether this difference, if any, is different between these two groups of participants. The study made use of Modified Chailey Levels of S...
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| Format: | Others |
| Language: | en |
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10539/10581 |
| Summary: | This study investigates the effect of cognitive load on children with and without
identified postural control difficulties. In addition the study investigates whether this
difference, if any, is different between these two groups of participants. The study
made use of Modified Chailey Levels of Sitting Ability to compare each child’s
sitting postural control in the initial assessment (the baseline) to their sitting
posture during the non-cognitive load and cognitive load conditions. The results of
the study found that although there was an observable difference between the two
groups the modified assessment was not sensitive enough to provide statistically
significant results. In addition there was a difference seen clinically in the
improvement of postural control while sitting when involved in a cognitively
challenging task. The results of this study indicate that the use of cognitively
challenging tasks in the treatment of postural control may be warranted, further
study is however recommended. |
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