Delayed Latency of Postural Muscles of Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities

Frontiers in Psychology
J Walter Tolentino-CastroHeiko Wagner

Abstract

Individuals with intellectual disabilities (ID) (50 < IQ < 79) show impaired motor and postural control, these impairments are highly related to falls and injuries. Recent studies demonstrated these impairments are related with fine and gross motor development, which are more strongly associated with cognition, and consequently language for individuals with ID than for without ID. Despite these studies, little is known about the structure and functioning of this population's spinal cord, which is highly involved in postural control. The aim of our study was to assess the latency of the reflex responses in postural muscles after unexpected lateral external perturbations, in individuals with intellectual disabilities compared to typically developed participants. We assessed 16 participants with intellectual disabilities, 9 males and 7 females (aged 24.06 ± 8.66 years) and 20 typical developed participants (CG), 11 females, 9 males, (aged 21.20±1.96 years). While the participants were in an upright standing position electromyography was used to collect data fromM. obliquus externus abdominis(OE) muscles, which were activated by unpredictable perturbations applied by a servomotor on a hand-held grip, following the lateral external ...Continue Reading

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