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PURPOSE: Research on treatment intensity in children with developmental language disorder (DLD) has undergone substantial development over the last decade. The aim of the present review was to analyse available publications as related to methodological quality, degree of scientific evidence, and the areas/aspects of language involved. METHOD: A systematic review of the scientific literature was conducted using the PRISMA guidelines. A total of 9 articles from 34 published investigations in the field were selected for review according to our inclusion criteria. RESULT: The articles addressed the effects of treatment intensity primarily considering expressive morphology and vocabulary. The methodological quality and levels of evidence provided by the studies were high. In general, the effect sizes of dependent variables were considered large. CONCLUSION: The number of articles investigating treatment intensity in DLD is scarce. High variability of stimuli was associated with improvements in morphology, whereas vocabulary did not demonstrate the same association. Further research on treatment intensity is needed to address transference and generalisation of the treated abilities.
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Transtornos do Desenvolvimento da Linguagem , Criança , Humanos , Idioma , Transtornos do Desenvolvimento da Linguagem/terapia , Testes de Linguagem , Terapia da Linguagem , VocabulárioRESUMO
ABSTRACT Purpose: to identify and analyze the available evidence on the reference values of the vestibulo-ocular reflex gain obtained with the video head impulse test. Methods: an integrative review based on the PRISMA protocol, searching the ProQuest, EBSCO, PubMed, ScienceDirect, Cochrane Library, LILACS, and SciELO databases with keywords. The studies included were original research articles, systematic reviews, and meta-analyses published since 2009, involving humans, written in English, Spanish and/or Portuguese. Results: 10,250 studies related to the keywords were found. Of these, 10 articles met the inclusion criteria and were analyzed following the CADE protocol. On the horizontal plane, the values ranged from 0.80 to 1.06, while on the right anterior/left posterior and on the left anterior/right posterior planes, the values ranged from 0.80 to 1.03. Other relevant data for obtaining the gain were analyzed, such as the number of impulses, the assessor's experience, the patient-object distance, and the percentage of asymmetry. Conclusion: little research on the theme, recently developed and published, mostly in European countries, was found. This shows the need for a greater number of studies to strengthen the scientific evidence.
RESUMEN Objetivo: identificar y analizar la evidencia disponible sobre los valores de referencia para la ganancia del reflejo vestíbulo ocular, obtenido a través del test de impulso cefálico asistido por video. Método: se realizó una revisión integrativa guiada por protocolo PRISMA en las bases de datos Proquest, Ebsco, Pubmed, ScienceDirect, Cochrane Library, LILACS y Scielo de acuerdo a términos claves. Fueron incluídos artículos originales de investigación, revisiones sistemáticas y metaanálisis, publicados desde el año 2009, realizados en humanos y en idiomas inglés, español y portugués. Resultados: se encontraron 10.250 estudios relacionados con los términos claves utilizados. 10 artículos cumplieron con los criterios de inclusión y fueron analizados según protocolo CADE. Para plano horizontal los valores varían entre 0.80 y 1.06; mientras que para los planos DerechoAnterior/IzquierdoPosterior e IzquierdoAnterior/DerechoPosterior, los valores oscilan entre 0.80 y 1.03. Se analizaron también otros datos relevantes para la obtención de la ganancia, como la cantidad de impulsos, experiencia del evaluador, distancia paciente-objetivo y porcentaje de asimetría. Conclusión: la investigación en torno al tema es escasa, ha sido desarrollada y publicada de manera reciente en países principalmente europeos; demostrando la necesidad de contar con un mayor número de estudios para fortalecer la evidencia científica.