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

本研究探讨了对严重运动和智力障碍患者生活质量（QOL）进行客观评估的可能性。剧烈的身体运动，如体位的改变，会引起交感神经系统活动的增加和副交感神经系统活动的减少。这些动作成为他们的负担。前额区域的血流量在甜味刺激（葡萄糖）下增加，在咸味刺激（生理盐水）下减少。这些结果表明，心理生理测量方法适用于重度运动障碍和智力障碍患者的愉快状态和不愉快状态的评估。

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.