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    Assessing body sensations in children: Intra-rater reliability of assessment and effects of age

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    Taylor, S.
    McLean, B.
    Falkmer, Torbjorn
    Carey, L.
    Girdler, Sonya
    Elliott, Catherine
    Blair, E.
    Date
    2018
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Taylor, S. and McLean, B. and Falkmer, T. and Carey, L. and Girdler, S. and Elliott, C. and Blair, E. 2018. Assessing body sensations in children: Intra-rater reliability of assessment and effects of age. British Journal of Occupational Therapy. 82 (3): pp. 179–185.
    Source Title
    British Journal of Occupational Therapy
    DOI
    10.1177/0308022618786933
    ISSN
    0308-0226
    School
    Health Sciences Research and Graduate Studies
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/72224
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    Introduction: This article examines the effect of age and gender on somatosensory capacity for children and adolescents, and provides preliminary normative data and reliability for the SenScreen©Kids, a new standardised measure of touch, wrist position sense and haptic object recognition. Method: A cross-sectional study of 88 typically developing children aged 6–15 years (mean 10.3 years; SD 2.6 years) was used to determine the developmental effects of age and gender on somatosensory capacity. Intra-rater reliability was assessed in 22 of the 88 participants at two time points (mean 8.8 years; SD 2.6 years). Results: Statistically significant differences were observed between age groups for tactile discrimination, wrist position sense and haptic object recognition, but not for touch registration for which all except one participant achieved a maximum score. There was no effect of gender. Three of four SenScreen Kids subtests demonstrated good intra-rater agreement between time points. Conclusions: Somatosensory capacity increased with age for typically developing children aged 6–15 years. Three subtests of the SenScreen Kids demonstrated good intra-rater reliability with typically developing children. Further investigation of reliability is required, and all subtests require psychometric testing with clinical populations.

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