Salivary α-amylase as a marker of stress reduction in individuals with intellectual disability and autism in response to occupational and music therapy

• Main Authors: Poquérusse, J., Azhari, Atiqah, Setoh, Peipei, Cainelli, S., Ripoli, C., Venuti, P., Esposito, Gianluca
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2017
• Subjects: Salivary alpha amylase; Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/86484; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/44072
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Background: Although the benefits of a range of disability-centric therapies have been well studied, little remains known about how they work, let alone how to monitor these benefits in a precise and reliable way. Methods: Here, in two independent studies, we examine how sessions consisting of occu...