應用工具條件制約行幼童拉唇訓練之影響

Effects of Lip Training of Preschool Children Using Operant Conditioning

莊才逸(Tsai-Yi Chung) ； 項家蘭(Chia-Lan Hsiang) ； 吳英寬(Ying-Kuan Wu)

《中華民國兒童牙科醫學會雜誌》 2卷3期 (2002/10) Pp. 42-48

https://doi.org/10.6319/JTAPD.2002.2(3).2

摘要

The purposes of this study were to: (I) measure the lip force of preschool children;(2) evaluate the effect of lip training on changing of lip force, and (3) evaluate the effect of operant conditioning during a lip training program. In addition to recording the lip strength of preschool children, the differences of lip strength after lip training were also surveyed. Methods: There were 277 preschool children included in this study, 147 of them were in the study group, and 130 were in the control group. All the data of baseline lip strength were recorded before the lip training program started in the study group. After 3 months, lip strength was recorded again from all of the children in the study group and some of the control group. Meanwhile the operant conditioning was combined into the study group at this stage. Another 3 months later, lip strength was recorded again on all the children. Results: The results showed that lip strength baseline data correlated with the height and age of the participants. This could be related to the maturation of muscle. At the second stage, the difference of the mean lip strength between study group (448 ± 222g ) and control group (358±l72g ) was statistically significant (p＜0.05). At the third stage, the difference of the mean lip strength between study group (539 ± 252g ) and control group (290±162g ) was also statistically significant (p＜0.01). In the study group, there were significant differences of lip strength among the three measuring stages, respective of the children's age and sex. Conclusions: The study implies that lip strength increases with the training duration. The operant condition can improve the effect of the training on the lip strength, especially in the girls. This is probably due to the fact that the re-inforcer used in this study was more effective in the girls than in the boys.

關鍵字

肌功能治療 ； 工具條件制約 ； 拉唇訓練

並列摘要

The purposes of this study were to: (I) measure the lip force of preschool children;(2) evaluate the effect of lip training on changing of lip force, and (3) evaluate the effect of operant conditioning during a lip training program. In addition to recording the lip strength of preschool children, the differences of lip strength after lip training were also surveyed. Methods: There were 277 preschool children included in this study, 147 of them were in the study group, and 130 were in the control group. All the data of baseline lip strength were recorded before the lip training program started in the study group. After 3 months, lip strength was recorded again from all of the children in the study group and some of the control group. Meanwhile the operant conditioning was combined into the study group at this stage. Another 3 months later, lip strength was recorded again on all the children. Results: The results showed that lip strength baseline data correlated with the height and age of the participants. This could be related to the maturation of muscle. At the second stage, the difference of the mean lip strength between study group (448 ± 222g ) and control group (358±l72g ) was statistically significant (p＜0.05). At the third stage, the difference of the mean lip strength between study group (539 ± 252g ) and control group (290±162g ) was also statistically significant (p＜0.01). In the study group, there were significant differences of lip strength among the three measuring stages, respective of the children's age and sex. Conclusions: The study implies that lip strength increases with the training duration. The operant condition can improve the effect of the training on the lip strength, especially in the girls. This is probably due to the fact that the re-inforcer used in this study was more effective in the girls than in the boys.

並列關鍵字

Myofunctional Therapy ； Operant Conditioning ； Lip Training