Yoga therapy as an adjunct to traditional tooth brushing training methods in children with autism spectrum disorder
| Autor: | Eswari Ramassamy, Sanguida Adimoulame, Ezhumalai Govindasamy, Harikrishnan Elangovan, Ramanathan Meena, Prathima Gajula Shivashankarappa |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
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Toothbrushing
medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Autism Spectrum Disorder education Dental Plaque Oral hygiene Tooth brushing 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Yoga Therapy Humans Medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Child General Dentistry Motor skill business.industry Yoga Dental Plaque Index 030206 dentistry Video modeling Training methods medicine.disease Adjunct Autism spectrum disorder Physical therapy business |
| Zdroj: | Special Care in Dentistry. 39:551-556 |
| ISSN: | 1754-4505 0275-1879 |
| Popis: | Aim To evaluate if yoga could be an adjunct to regular training methods in training brushing skill to children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Methods Seventy-two children with ASD aged 7-15 years were selected and divided into two groups (N = 36). Children in Group I received visual pedagogy and video modeling and children in Group II received visual pedagogy and video modeling with yoga. Plaque and gingival indices (PI and GI) were recorded at baseline and at the end of first, second, third, and sixth month. The scores were summarized as mean and standard deviation and inter-group comparison was done using independent t-test. Results Inter-group comparison of mean plaque and gingival indices scores were statistically significant at second month (P = .039 for PI and P = .009 for GI). The scores were statistically significant even at third month (P = .001 for PI and P = .002 for GI) and sixth month (P = .001 PI and GI), with children in Group II demonstrating better oral hygiene. Conclusion Yoga training can be used as an adjunct to enhance tooth brushing learning capabilities of children with ASD in addition to visual modeling and pedagogy. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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