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Clinical evaluation of the effectiveness of sensory integrative and perceptual motor therapy in improving sensory integrative function in children with learning disabilities
Humphries TW, Snider L, McDougall B
Occupational Therapy Journal of Research 1993 Summer;13(3):163-182
clinical trial
5/10 [Eligibility criteria: Yes; Random allocation: Yes; Concealed allocation: No; Baseline comparability: Yes; Blind subjects: No; Blind therapists: No; Blind assessors: Yes; Adequate follow-up: Yes; Intention-to-treat analysis: No; Between-group comparisons: Yes; Point estimates and variability: No. Note: Eligibility criteria item does not contribute to total score] *This score has been confirmed*

After 72, 1-hour therapy sessions for 3 hours per week, significantly more subjects, aged 58 to 107 months, receiving sensory integration therapy (n = 35) and perceptual motor training (n = 35) than those receiving no treatment (n = 33) showed improvement in their sensory integrative functioning. The same effect was found for a subgroup of children exhibiting vestibular dysfunction only. Improvement could include an increase of all test scores defining a child's particular dysfunction into the normal range with associated clinical observations indicating no problem, or a reduction in the severity of a child's dysfunction systems. The groups did not differ in the overall improvement represented by the total of all types. Discussion focused on the type and degree of improvement therapists can expect from treatment and problems associated with evaluating outcome.
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