Assessing the effects of automatically delivered stimulation on the use of simple exercise tools by students with multiple disabilities

Research in Developmental Disabilities

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 475-483

  Lancioni, Giulio E ^a,e   Singh, Nirbhay N ^b   O'Reilly, Mark F ^c   Oliva, Doretta ^d   Campodonico, Francesca ^d   Groeneweg, Jop ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ONE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^d Lega F D'Oro Research Center   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activity; Automatically delivered stimulation; Exercise tools; Indices of happiness; Multiple disabilities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BICYCLE; BIOMEDICAL TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT; CONTROL SYSTEM; DISABILITY; ELECTRONICS; EXERCISE; HAPPINESS; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOOD; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; REINFORCEMENT; STIMULATION; STUDENT;

EID: 0242539884     PISSN: 08914222     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ridd.2003.03.002     Document Type: Article

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