Gross motor impairment and its relation to social skills in autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and two meta-analyses.

LAL Wang, V Petrulla, CJ Zampella, R Waller… - Psychological …, 2022 - psycnet.apa.org
Gross motor ability is associated with profound differences in how children experience and
interact with their social world. A rapidly growing literature on motor development in autism …

Standing postural control in individuals with autism spectrum disorder: systematic review and meta-analysis

YH Lim, K Partridge, S Girdler, SL Morris - Journal of autism and …, 2017 - Springer
Impairments in postural control affect the development of motor and social skills in
individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). This review compared the effect of different …

The effects of physical activity and exergaming on motor skills and executive functions in children with autism spectrum disorder

H Rafiei Milajerdi, M Sheikh, MG Najafabadi… - Games for health …, 2021 - liebertpub.com
Objective: This study aims at investigating the effects of two types of interventions, Sports,
Play and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARK) and exergaming (Kinect), on motor skills (MS) …

From movement kinematics to social cognition: the case of autism

J Cook - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society …, 2016 - royalsocietypublishing.org
The way in which we move influences our ability to perceive, interpret and predict the
actions of others. Thus movements play an important role in social cognition. This review …

The relationship of motor skills and adaptive behavior skills in young children with autism spectrum disorders

M MacDonald, C Lord, D Ulrich - Research in autism spectrum disorders, 2013 - Elsevier
Objective To determine the relationship of motor skills and adaptive behavior skills in young
children with autism. Design A multiple regression analysis tested the relationship of motor …

The effects of aquatic versus kata techniques training on static and dynamic balance in children with autism spectrum disorder

S Ansari, AA Hosseinkhanzadeh, F AdibSaber… - Journal of Autism and …, 2021 - Springer
The present study aimed to compare the effect of a land-based and a swimming-based
exercise program on balance abilities in children with autism. Thirty children were voluntarily …

Effects of Taekwondo intervention on balance in children with autism spectrum disorder

Y Kim, T Todd, T Fujii, JC Lim… - Journal of exercise …, 2016 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of an 8-week Taekwondo (TKD)
intervention on balance in children with autism spec-trum disorder (ASD). A total of 14 …

The effects of balance training intervention on postural control of children with autism spectrum disorder: Role of sensory information

H Cheldavi, S Shakerian, SNS Boshehri… - Research in Autism …, 2014 - Elsevier
Purpose The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of balance training intervention in
children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and to explore the relative role of the sensory …

Objective measurement of head movement differences in children with and without autism spectrum disorder

KB Martin, Z Hammal, G Ren, JF Cohn, J Cassell… - Molecular autism, 2018 - Springer
Background Deficits in motor movement in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD)
have typically been characterized qualitatively by human observers. Although clinicians …

Postural control impairments in individuals with autism spectrum disorder: a critical review of current literature

AH Memari, P Ghanouni… - Asian journal of …, 2014 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Context: Motor impairments in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been
frequently reported. In this review, we narrow our focus on postural control impairments to …