%0 Journal Article
%T Effects of Aquatic Therapy on Pain in Children with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities¡ªA Prospective Observational Study
%A Michal Nissim
%A Yaaser Sanduka
%J Creative Education
%P 1438-1444
%@ 2151-4771
%D 2021
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ce.2021.127109
%X <strong>Background:</strong><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities are at risk of pain. Aquatic-therapy is a pain relief treatment. There is no data concerning the effect of aquatic-therapy on pain among this population. The study reports on the effect of aquatic-therapy on pain-related behaviours among children with profound intellectual disability. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Method:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Fifteen caregivers and 39 children with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (age: 4</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">18 years) participated in this prospective observational monocentric&nbsp;study. All children participated in a weekly 30-minute aquatic-therapy session. The Non-Communicating-Children¡¯s Pain-Checklist</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Postoperative-</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Version (NCCPC-PV) </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">was used.</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Data were collected four times: twice up to two</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">hours after an aquatic-therapy session and twice at times not following an aquatic-therapy session. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results:</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Results indicate a significant dif</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ference between the NCCPC-PV score for up to two</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">hours after aquatic-therapy and the NCCPC-PV mean score when not following aquatic-therapy (t</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">=</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">3.784,</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"><i>p</i></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">&lt;</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:;\" \"=\"\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">0.01).
%K Aquatic Therapy
%K Halliwick
%K Hydrotherapy
%K Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities
%K Pain
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=110345