Effectiveness of sensory processing strategies on activity level in inclusive preschool classrooms

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Table 1 Effects of sensory processing strategies on activity level, energy expenditure, and activity intensity steps

Variable	Treatment				Control
	Pretest		Posttest		Pretest		Posttest
	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD	M	SD
AL	265.63	239.10	163.03	131.98	239.49	217.10	157.74	103.13
EE	0.03	0.05	0.02	0.03	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.01
AI	1.82	0.37	1.68	0.40	1.73	0.42	1.64	0.33
Steps (n)	11.23	7.33	7.45	6.07	9.44	6.53	7.36	5.02

Note: Step number refers to the number of steps while walking and number of times wriggling the feet during the measurement period.

Abbreviations: AI, activity intensity; AL, activity level; EE, energy expenditure; M, mean; SD, standard deviation.

Table 2 Difference of posttest–pretest on dependent variables of two groups

	Treatment Difference posttest–pretest		Control Difference posttest–pretest		Paired t	P-value
	M	SD	M	SD
AL	−102.60	207.84	−81.75	221.03	0.29	>0.05
EE	−3.78	7.08	−2.09	7.14	0.40	>0.05
AI	−0.01	0.05	0.00	0.01	0.40	>0.05
Steps (n)	−0.14	0.35	−0.09	0.44	0.72	>0.05

Note: Step number refers to the number of steps while walking and number of times wriggling the feet during the measurement period.

Abbreviations: AI, activity intensity; AL, activity level; EE, energy expenditure; M, mean; SD, standard deviation.