This study is the first to systematically examine estimated rates of sensory processing disorders using survey data. Parents of incoming kindergartners from one suburban U.S. public school district were surveyed using the Short Sensory Profile, a parent-report screening tool that evaluates parents' perceptions of functional correlates of sensory processing disorders (McIntosh, Miller, Shyu, & D...

The term "afferent neurourology" is introduced to describe the study of sensory processing related to the genitourinary tract. Urologic disorders that are characterized by abnormal sensory processing are reviewed, and unique challenges to our understanding of these disorders are described. A paradigm which separates afferent urologic disorders from efferent disorders and structural abnormalitie...

ra (rheumatoid arthritis) is a chronic multisystem disease with a variety of systemic manifestations. one of these manifestations, is hearing disorder, so study of the relation between ra and hearing disorders is seem important. this was a case-control study which has done from december 2004 to august 2006. this study compared 50 patients with ra, with age, sex and job-matched as control. audio...

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and sensory processing disorders are behaviorally defined conditions that often co-occur, while both diagnoses have been controversial in part due to the constraints of categorical behavioral diagnosis. However, neuroanatomic studies using neuropsychological tests as "probes" have clearly demonstrated that the various symptoms of ADHD are the resu...

background: parents of children with developmental problems are always bearing a load of stress. the aim of this study is to compare the stress in mothers of children with different disabilities to each other, considering their demographic background. materials and methods: this was a cross-sectional study conducted in isfahan, iran during 2012 on 285 mothers of 6-12 years old children with chr...

Purpose This paper aims to investigate if a sensory intervention of moderate pressure touch children with processing disorder (SPD) affects sleep behaviours and behaviours. Design/methodology/approach A total 50 children, aged 5–11 years both SPD difficulties in Israel, were randomly divided into an experimental control group, nonblinded. Participants the group received three weeks nightly mass...

OBJECTIVE Longer duration of untreated illness, longer duration of current episode, and the severity of medication side effects may negatively impact on the perceived disability and psychosocial impairment of patients with major affective and anxiety disorders. Studies also suggested the involvement of sensory perception in emotional and psychopathological processes. The present study aimed to ...