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Pilot study of the effectiveness of weighted vests . OBJECTIVE In this pilot study , we determined the effectiveness of a weighted vest on attention to task for second-grade general education students with difficulty attending . METHOD We used an intervention and a control group and an ABA design to compare participants ' percentage of time on task with and without a vest . Ten participants from nine elementary schools in a suburban Texas school district were randomly assigned to an intervention or a control group . Control group participants wore a nonweighted vest . Participants , classroom teachers , and research assistants who coded the data were blind as to the group to which the participants were assigned . RESULTS A repeated measures analysis of variance indicated no significant differences between groups or between baseline , intervention , and withdrawal conditions . CONCLUSION Our results indicated that the weighted vests were not effective in increasing time on task . These results should be generalized cautiously owing to the small sample size and participant selection process .
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Intervention_Physical
weighted vests
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Intervention_Physical
weighted vest
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Intervention_Physical
intervention
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Intervention_Control
control
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Intervention_Other
with and without a vest
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Intervention_Other
intervention
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Intervention_Other
nonweighted vest
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Intervention_Other
weighted vests
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Outcome_Mental
time on task
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Participant_Sample-size
second-grade
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Participant_Condition
with difficulty attending
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Participant_Sample-size
Ten