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Published on: January 29, 2014
Typical children's responsivity patterns of the tactile and vestibular systems
Tami Bar-Shalita1, Sarina Goldstand, Jeri Hahn-Markowitz
1School of Occupational Therapy, Hebrew University, Jerusalem, Israel.
Objectives:
The purposes of this study were to investigate the responsivity patterns of typical 3- and 4-year-old Israeli children to tactile or vestibular stimulation, or both, and to examine whether differences in these patterns exist between them with respect to age and gender.
Method:
The study sample consisted of one hundred seventeen 3-year-old and one hundred forty-three 4-year-old healthy Israeli children (N=260). Mothers of these children completed a comprehensive tactile and vestibular responsivity questionnaire.
Results:
The subjects' tactile and vestibular responsivity scores were neither hyperresponsive nor hyporesponsive. In addition, neither age nor gender was found to significantly differentiate between respective participant groups for hypo- or hyperresponsive behaviors.
Conclusion:
Typical Israeli children can be characterized by moderate responsivities to tactile and vestibular stimulation. Responsivity to tactile and vestibular input was similar for 3- and 4-year-olds, across genders.
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