DEVELOPMENT OF AN OBSERVATION INSTRUMENT FOR RECORDING MOVEMENT ANALYSIS BASED ON LABAN’S THEORY

 

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Authors: Barnet-Lopez, Silvia, Arbonés-Garcia, Mar, Pérez-Testor, Susana, Guerra-Balic, Myriam
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2017
Description:This paper describes the development process of an observation record inspired in Laban’s Movement Analysis (ROAM) for Intellectually Disabled (ID) people. An objective and standardized measurement of a person’s general movement tendencies can be obtained from ROAM, in addition to making observations before and after an intervention, therefore learning about movement changes of an individual. The design of ROAM was developed in several stages: for the first one, basic elements were identified for the record and different versions of ROAM were created using the expert judges technique. Later stages involved an exploratory study, where two sessions of movement-dance therapy were evaluated in a group of ID adults using the record. Our results show that ROAM exhibits good indexes for content validity as well as intra- and inter-observer reliability (0.72). Thus, we conclude that ROAM allowed us to analyze the general movement characteristics of intellectually disabled individuals participating in this exploratory study.
Country:Portal de Revistas UCR
Institution:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Language:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/27334
Online Access:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/pem/article/view/27334
Keyword:Observation log
Motion analysis
Registro de observación
Análisis del movimiento
registro de observação
análise do movimento