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Effect Of Whole Body Vibration On Sterotypy Of Young Children With Autism, Mandi W. Gibbons
Effect Of Whole Body Vibration On Sterotypy Of Young Children With Autism, Mandi W. Gibbons
All Graduate Plan B and other Reports, Spring 1920 to Spring 2023
Objective: To determine if acute whole body vibration exposure influences stereotyped behavior of young children with autism.
Design: Single-case pilot study.
Setting: Early intensive behavioral intervention clinic.
Subjects: A convenience sample of four young boys (ages 4-5 yrs) diagnosed with autism.
Interventions: Standing on a whole body vibration platform with the machine turned off (control condition) and on (treatment condition) for three to four, 30-s periods (frequency = 28 Hz; amplitude 0.97 mm).
Main measure: The outcome measure was frequency of stereotypic behavior, which was evaluated for 5-min before and after standing on the vibration platform. Between 10-40 observation-condition-observation sessions …