One goal of occupational therapists working with children who have sensory processing challenges is the regulation of arousal. Regulation strategies have not been evaluated using an empirical measure of physiological arousal.

To establish the feasibility of using an objective physiologic measure of sympathetic arousal in therapeutic settings and explore the relation between therapeutic activities and sympathetic arousal. To evaluate changes in electrodermal activity (EDA) during occupational therapy sessions.

Twenty-two children identified with sensory modulation dysfunction (SMD) wore a wireless EDA sensor during 50 min occupational therapy sessions (n = 77 sessions).

All children were able to wear the sensor on the lower calf without being distracted by the device. The five insights below are based on a comparison of EDA recordings in relation to therapists’ reflections describing how sympathetic arousal might correspond to therapeutic activities.

Objective physiological assessment of a child’s sympathetic arousal during therapy is possible using a wireless EDA measurement system. Changes in EDA may correspond directly with therapeutic activities. The article provides a foundation for designing future therapeutic studies that include continuous measures of EDA.

职业治疗师与有感觉处理挑战的儿童一起工作的目标之一是调节唤醒。尚未使用生理唤醒的经验测量来评估调节策略。

建立在治疗环境中使用客观生理测量交感神经兴奋的可行性，并探讨治疗活动与交感神经兴奋之间的关系。评估职业治疗期间皮肤电活动 (EDA) 的变化。

22 名感觉调节功能障碍 (SMD) 的儿童在 50 分钟的职业治疗期间佩戴了无线 EDA 传感器。n= 77 次会议）。

所有孩子都能够将传感器佩戴在小腿上，而不会被设备分心。下面的五个见解是基于 EDA 记录与治疗师反映的比较，描述了交感神经唤醒如何与治疗活动相对应。

使用无线 EDA 测量系统可以对治疗期间儿童的交感神经兴奋进行客观的生理评估。EDA 的变化可能与治疗活动直接对应。这篇文章为设计未来的治疗研究奠定了基础，其中包括 EDA 的连续测量。