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The Impact of Heterogeneity in a Clinical Trial: Motor Outcomes after Sensory Integration Therapy

Abstract

The effect of a therapeutic intervention in a clinical trial may be obscured by heterogeneity in the study subjects. This paper examines the results of a randomized clinical trial to evaluate the effects of 6 months of sensory integration therapy, perceptual-motor treatment, and no program (control) on learning disabled children with sensory integrative dysfunction. Contrary to expectations, Polatajko, Law, Miller, Schaffer, and Macnab (1991) …

Authors

Law M; Polatajko HJ; Schaffer R; Miller J; Macnab J

Journal

OTJR Occupational Therapy Journal of Research, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 177–189

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

5 1991

DOI

10.1177/153944929101100304

ISSN

1539-4492

Labels

McMaster Research Centers and Institutes (RCI)