GRAVITATIONAL INSECURITY (GI) ASSESSMENT AMONG INDIAN CHILDREN

Authors

  • GANAPATHY SANKAR.U. SRM College of Occupational Therapy, SRM University, SRM Nagar, Kattankulathur-603 203,Kancheepuram Dt.Tamil Nadu.
  • DR.A.PREMA department of pediatrics,SRM Medical college & Hospital,Kattankulathur

Keywords:

Gravitational Insecurity, Emotional response, Postural responses, Sensory dormancy.

Abstract

This study examined the Gravitational Insecurity (GI) assessment tool construction among Indian children. The GI assessment consist of nine items related on two behavioral categories- Emotional response and Postural responses. Convenience sapling procedure was done for the selection of samples. Group I included 200 childrens with Gravitational Insecurity issue. Group II included typically developing, matched by age and gender with Group I. The result revealed that all the nine items were discriminated statistically at 100% level. Finally classification analysis revealed that fine tasks were sufficient to identity GI in childrens. This results concluded that revised version of GI assessment is a less time consuming and it can be used as an assessment tool as well as outcome measure for intervention.

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Published

2013-09-30

How to Cite

GANAPATHY SANKAR.U., & DR.A.PREMA. (2013). GRAVITATIONAL INSECURITY (GI) ASSESSMENT AMONG INDIAN CHILDREN. International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences, 4(3), 946–953. Retrieved from https://ijpbs.in/index.php/journal/article/view/2659

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Volume 4, Issue 3, 2013

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Research Articles

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