REVIEW PAPER
Sensory processing disorders – diagnostic and therapeutic controversies
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Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, Poland
Submission date: 2017-03-27
Final revision date: 2017-07-03
Acceptance date: 2017-07-08
Online publication date: 2017-09-22
Publication date: 2017-09-22
Current Issues in Personality Psychology 2017;5(3):196-205
KEYWORDS
przetwarzanie sensoryczneintegracja sensorycznakorelaty neuronalneterapia SIsensory processingsensory integrationneuronal correlatesSI therapy
TOPICS
ABSTRACT
This article presents the current state of knowledge regarding the controversial issue of sensory integration dysfunction/sensory processing disorder. Symptoms are defined as impairments in the accurate reception and registering of stimuli, differentiation of stimulus intensity, and adequate reactivity to stimulation. They can be of specific character and occur in isolation and can also be a nonspecific element of a clinical picture of another disease entity. Psychophysiological and neuroimaging studies confirm the existence of both a distinct group of children with symptoms of sensory processing disorder diagnosed based on descriptions of behaviours listed in questionnaires and of a specific neurobiological basis of this disorder. In clinical practice, it is of key importance to determine whether behavioural problems observed in children are caused by disorders other than sensory processing disorders. Results of meta-analyses regarding sensory integration therapy are inconclusive and do not allow this form of treatment to be considered fact-based. Future studies with high methodological standards are necessary in order to verify the effectiveness of different forms of sensory integration therapy. Parents should be informed about the existing limitations.
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