Prevalence of swallowing difficulties and associated factors in older people with intellectual disabilities.

Background: We investigated the prevalence of swallowing difficulties and associated factors in people with intellectual disability.

Methods: We included people aged 50+ receiving care for people with intellectual disabilities. The Dysphagia Disorder Survey (DDS) was used to assess swallowing difficulties.

Object Recognition and Dorsal Stream Vulnerabilities in Children With Early Brain Damage.

Aim: Visual functions of the dorsal stream are considered vulnerable in children with early brain damage. Considering the recognition of objects in suboptimal representations a dorsal stream dysfunction, we examined whether children with early brain damage and impaired object recognition had either general or selective dorsal stream dysfunctions.

Method: In a group of children with early brain damage ( = 48) we evaluated the dorsal stream functioning.

Clinical Assessment of Visual Motion Perception in Children With Brain Damage: A Comparison With Base Rates and Control Sample.

In this study, we examined (1) the presence of abnormally low scores (below 10 percentile) in various visual motion perception aspects in children with brain damage, while controlling for their cognitive developmental delay; (2) whether the risk is increased in comparison with the observation and expectation in a healthy control group and healthy population. Performance levels of 46 children with indications of brain damage (M = 7y4m, SD = 2y4m) on three visual motion perception aspects (global motion, motion speed, motion-defined form) were evaluated. We used developmental age as entry of a preliminary reference table to classify the patient's performance levels.

Physical fitness of children and adolescents with moderate to severe intellectual disabilities.

Low levels of physical fitness are associated with low physical and mental health. The aims of this study were to assess the health-related physical fitness of children with intellectual disability (ID), and study the association of physical activity and motor development with physical fitness. One hundred and twenty-eight children with moderate to severe ID (83 boys; age 2-18 years) visiting specialised day programme centres engaged in field-based physical fitness tests (body composition, muscular strength, muscular endurance, and cardiorespiratory fitness).

The relationship between motor abilities and quality of life in children with severe multiple disabilities.

Background: This study aimed to determine the relationship between motor abilities and quality of life in children with severe multiple disabilities.

Methods: In this cross-sectional study, motor abilities of 29 children (mean age 9.8 years; 45% girls) with severe multiple disabilities [IQ < 25; Gross Motor Function Motor Classification System level V] were measured with the MOtor eVAluation in Kids with Intellectual and Complex disabilities (Movakic) questionnaire (completed by the child's physical therapist).