Preliminary Study of an assessment of QOL for Severe Motor and Intellectual Disabilities using Brain Activities and Autonomic Nervous Activities.

本研究旨在探讨对严重运动和智力障碍患者的生活质量进行客观评估的可能性。大的身体动作，如改变身体姿势，会导致交感神经系统活动增加，副交感神经系统活动减少。这些运动对他们来说是一种负担。甜味刺激(葡萄糖)可使额部血流量增加，咸味刺激(生理盐水)可使额部血流量减少。这些结果表明，心理生理学测量适合于评估严重运动和智力残疾的愉快-不愉快状态。

This present study examines the possibility of objective assessments on the quality of life (QOL) for severe motor and intellectual disabilities. Big bodily motions such as changing in a body position induced higher sympathetic nervous system activity and lower parasympathetic nervous system activity. These motions become loads for them. Blood flow in the forehead area was increased by sweet taste stimuli (glucose), and decreased by salty one (normal saline). These results indicated that psychophysiological measures were suitable for the assessment of pleasant - unpleasant states for severe motor and intellectual disabilities.