Can a Community-Based Football Program Benefit Motor Ability in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Pilot Evaluation Considering the Role of Social Impairments.

Autor: Howells K; Deakin Child Study Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. k.howells@research.deakin.edu.au., Sivaratnam C; Deakin Child Study Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia., Lindor E; Deakin Child Study Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia., He J; Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.; F. M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA.; Department of Forensic and Neurodevelopmental Sciences, Sackler Institute for Translational Neurodevelopment, Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Neuroscience, King's College London, London, United Kingdom., Hyde C; Deakin Child Study Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.; Cognitive Neuroscience Unit, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia., McGillivray J; Deakin Child Study Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia., Wilson RB; David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA , UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Divisions of Pediatric Neurology and Child Psychiatry, Los Angeles, California, USA., Rinehart N; Deakin Child Study Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Journal of autism and developmental disorders [J Autism Dev Disord] 2022 Jan; Vol. 52 (1), pp. 402-413. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 13.
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-021-04933-w
Abstrakt: This non-randomised pilot study evaluated the impact of a community football program on motor ability in children aged 5-12 years with autism spectrum disorder. Sixteen children were evaluated at baseline-and-post attendance in a football program for a varied number of weeks and compared to 19 children engaging in treatment-as-usual. Primary analyses indicated a statistically significant increase in total MABC-2, aiming and catching, and balance scores for the intervention group, with no changes in scores in the comparison group. There were no changes in manual dexterity across either group. At a between group level, the changes in aiming and catching scores were significantly greater for the intervention group. Further analyses highlighted the potential importance of social impairments regarding aiming and catching.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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