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Softness, Warmth, and Responsiveness Improve Robot Hugs
2018
International Journal of Social Robotics
Specifically, we aim to test the hypothesis that a soft, warm, touch-sensitive PR2 humanoid robot can provide humans with satisfying hugs by matching both their hugging pressure and their hugging duration ...
Furthermore, users prefer hugs that physically squeeze them and release immediately when they are ready for the hug to end. ...
Her research centers on haptic interfaces, which enable a user to touch virtual and distant objects as though they were real and within reach, as well as haptic sensing systems, which allow robots to physically ...
doi:10.1007/s12369-018-0495-2
fatcat:tgfj24us5bdhtmu6kpkgqb265m
The Subjective Comfort Test of Autism Hug Machine Portable Seat
2021
Journal of Intellectual Disability - Diagnosis and Treatment
This preliminary study proposes to investigate (i) the mean comfortable deep pressure of Autism Hug Machine Portable Seat (AHMPS) manual pull and inflatable wrap models; and (ii) the effect of using AHMPS ...
The mean comfort pressure was obtained from 15 healthy subjects, which was 0.81 psi on the chest and 0.80 psi on the thigh for the manual pull; and 0.65 psi on the chest and 0.45 psi on the thigh for the ...
We are very grateful to all participants who willing to involve in this study, thanks to the teachers of the Putra Mandiri Public Special School, Semarang, for the enormous help in conducting this study ...
doi:10.6000/2292-2598.2021.09.02.4
fatcat:zd34wdwu5vca3ieefhgekzsnlq
Wearing a Ball Vest in Everyday Activities: Experiences from Adolescents with Neuropsychiatric Disorders, their Parents and Teachers
2019
Asian Journal of Occupational Therapy
The authors alone are responsible for the content and writing of the article. ...
Declaration of Interest: The ball vests used in this study were loaned from Komikapp AB. The company had however no affiliation with the development, or execution of this research. ...
For the purpose of enabling activity participation interventions are developed that use deep pressure to calm down [15, 24, 28] . ...
doi:10.11596/asiajot.15.53
fatcat:onor4h7vs5fwng47bj32vf5a2a
A Study on Tactile Defensiveness in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
2018
Journal of National Development
The application of deep touch pressure has been suggested to provide positive effects, have a substantial calming in mood, and better control of behaviour in the children with autism , ...
Children with tactile defensiveness get fomented by light touch and dislikes getting cuddled. ...
of Hope, Vasant Vihar; OT4KIDS, Greater Kailash and Hari Nagar Delhi, for their support in this study. ...
doi:10.29070/31/58287
fatcat:m5uo3hhhezg73ied4zm7bwijg4
Design of haptic interfaces for therapy
2009
Proceedings of the 27th international conference on Human factors in computing systems - CHI 09
Based on the most promising touch therapy protocols, we are presenting the first devices that simulate touch through haptic devices to bring relief and assist clinical therapy for mental health. ...
Touch is fundamental to our emotional well-being. Medical science is starting to understand and develop touch-based therapies for autism spectrum, mood, anxiety and borderline disorders. ...
Touch Me Touch Me is a system for the remote application of touch therapy similar to the Wilbarger Protocol. ...
doi:10.1145/1518701.1518776
dblp:conf/chi/VaucelleBI09
fatcat:gczg6fhhrbfpjed6qk2oldt344
Effect of Short-Term Deep-Pressure Portable Seat on Behavioral and Biological Stress in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Pilot Study
2022
Bioengineering
Deep pressure is a therapeutic modality in occupational therapy, and it was reported to produce a calming effect. ...
This study enrolled children with ASD who were administered with the inflatable wrap (group I) and manual pull (group II) for 20 min twice a week for 3 weeks. ...
Acknowledgments: All authors would like to thank all participants for joining this study and for their great cooperation. ...
doi:10.3390/bioengineering9020048
pmid:35200402
pmcid:PMC8869092
fatcat:eoacprfbh5e2xprbghclnoh5sa
THE BEHAVIORAL EFFECTS OF A PROCEDURE USED BY PEDIATRIC OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS
2012
Behavioral interventions
Pediatric occupational therapists often use specific activities associated with deep pressure touch as a modality when providing services based in sensory integration theory. ...
Initially, preference assessments identified that activities such as being swaddled in a blanket or sandwiched between halves of a therapy mat were potential reinforcers for each of the three participants ...
Although Mason and Iwata (1990) did not include activities associated with deep pressure touch in their study, the data demonstrate that although many pediatric occupational therapy procedures have not ...
doi:10.1002/bin.1355
fatcat:wqlx5gds3nfnjgf6hv7poa6rzi
EVALUATING THE IMMEDIATE EFFECTS OF DEEP PRESSURE ON CHILDREN DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER: DEMONSTRATING INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES
2020
Asian Journal of Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research
It has been used widely in the therapy aspect, but there is limited research evaluating the immediate effects of deep pressure. ...
Objective: However, every occupational therapist used deep pressure for treating children with developmental coordination disorder (DCD). ...
ETHICAL CLEARANCE Obtained from SRM College of Occupational therapy, SRMIST, Kattankulathur. ...
doi:10.22159/ajpcr.2020.v13i3.36625
fatcat:mpnhbrzz4fbprobgjerfwk5wjq
These forms of communication do not allow for more tangible modes of intimate expression like hugging. ...
In contrast to previous work, Bear-With-Me is mobile, tangible, bi-directional, and realtime allowing for new types of exchanges of emotional, embodied communication. ...
The TapTap, a wearable system, records nurturing human touch and allows it to be played back for emotional therapy. ...
doi:10.1145/2468356.2468537
dblp:conf/chi/FongAF13
fatcat:4scjgg4oxnevvava3fg7tuys4e
Physiological Effect of Deep Pressure in Reducing Anxiety of Children with ASD during Traveling: A Public Transportation Setting
2022
Bioengineering
This study was designed to investigate the physiological effect of deep pressure, which is an autism hug machine portable seat (AHMPS) in children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in public transportation ...
Deep pressure was reported to have a calming effect on people with autism. ...
The results of these treatments showed that the use of a pressure vest can affect the activity of the autonomic system and provide a calming effect on the participants [24] . ...
doi:10.3390/bioengineering9040157
pmid:35447717
pmcid:PMC9030047
fatcat:fxqij6idunepxbtjw5og7wuggq
Recent Advances and Opportunities of Active Materials for Haptic Technologies in Virtual and Augmented Reality
2021
Advanced Functional Materials
It first provides an overview of the current VR/AR applications of active materials for haptic sensing and actuation. ...
Recent developments of haptic innovations based on active materials show that active materials can significantly contribute to addressing the needs and challenges for the current and future VR/AR technologies ...
The active-hugging vest [7] is an SMA device designed for pressure therapy (Figure 6e ). ...
doi:10.1002/adfm.202008831
fatcat:4iapieex6nfphh67jwevoijaqa
The Six Hug Commandments: Design and Evaluation of a Human-Sized Hugging Robot with Visual and Haptic Perception
[article]
2021
pre-print
Receiving a hug is one of the best ways to feel socially supported, and the lack of social touch can have severe negative effects on an individual's well-being. ...
The results show that adding haptic reactivity definitively improves user perception a hugging robot, largely verifying our four new tenets and illuminating several interesting opportunities for further ...
touch pressure therapy [12] . ...
doi:10.1145/3434073.3444656
arXiv:2101.07679v1
fatcat:i2ocfhwnibatdaxjudytedjn4i
Somatosensory processing in neurodevelopmental disorders
2010
Journal of Neurodevelopmental Disorders
Neurodevelopmental disorders that represent a range of symptoms and etiologies, and for which multiple peer-reviewed articles on somatosensory differences have been published, were chosen to include in ...
Given the central role of touch in early development, both experimental and clinical approaches should take into consideration the role of somatosensory processing in the etiology and treatment of neurodevelopmental ...
Tactile seeking is common in ASD and can manifest as repetitive rubbing of certain textures or surfaces, or an affinity for deep pressure input such as intense hugging or squeezing (see Grandin 2000) ...
doi:10.1007/s11689-010-9046-3
pmid:22127855
pmcid:PMC3164038
fatcat:klf5ldipxrabvfjutdddoysztq
Clinical Utility of Multisensory Environments for People With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities: A Scoping Review
2020
American Journal of Occupational Therapy
Studies examined the effects of MSEs on maladaptive behaviors, positive behaviors, distress and discomfort, activity and alertness states, and cost of care for people with IDD. ...
The findings support the potential of MSEs as a tool that occupational therapy practitioners can use to support their clients with IDD who have sensory sensitivities in clinical settings. ...
The American Journal of Occupational Therapy, January/February 2020, Vol. 74, No. 1 7401205060p10 ...
doi:10.5014/ajot.2020.037267
pmid:32078517
pmcid:PMC7018453
fatcat:jodvc5xs5nhoxh2m7xim4udbya
Exploring Awareness of Breathing through Deep Touch Pressure
2021
Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems
Deep Pressure Therapy relies on exerting frm touch to help individuals with sensory sensitivity. ...
We performed frst-person explorations of deep pressure enabled by shape-changing actuation driven by breathing sensing. ...
Such vests are the most common form of designs for deep touch pressure and make up the majority of commercially available DTP products, such as the Tjacket [53] or the Squease vest [52] . ...
doi:10.1145/3411764.3445533
fatcat:fun7axwj6jdanfwln47d5h4aea
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