Automated movement tracking of young autistic children during free play is correlated with clinical features associated with autism.

Autor:	Yuan A; Duke University, USA., Sabatos-DeVito M; Duke University, USA., Bey AL; Duke University, USA., Major S; Duke University, USA., Carpenter KL; Duke University, USA., Franz L; Duke University, USA., Howard J; Duke University, USA., Vermeer S; Duke University, USA., Simmons R; PPD Inc., USA., Troy J; Duke University, USA., Dawson G; Duke University, USA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Autism : the international journal of research and practice [Autism] 2023 Nov; Vol. 27 (8), pp. 2530-2541. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 May 08.
DOI:	10.1177/13623613231169546
Abstrakt:	Lay Abstract: Play-based observations allow researchers to observe autistic children across a wide range of ages and skills. We recorded autistic children playing with toys in the center of a room and at a corner table while a caregiver remained seated off to the side and used video tracking technology to track children's movement and location. We examined how time children spent in room regions and whether or not they approached each region during play related to their cognitive, social, communication, and adaptive skills to determine if tracking child movement and location can meaningfully demonstrate clinical variation among autistic children representing a range of ages and skills. One significant finding was that autistic children who spent more time in the toy-containing center of the room had higher cognitive and language abilities, whereas those who spent less time in the center had higher levels of autism-related behaviors. In contrast, children who spent more time in the caregiver region had lower daily living skills and those who were quicker to approach the caregiver had lower adaptive behavior and language skills. These findings support the use of movement tracking as a complementary method of measuring clinical differences among autistic children. Furthermore, over 90% of autistic children representing a range of ages and skills in this study provided analyzable play observation data, demonstrating that this method allows autistic children of all levels of support needs to participate in research and demonstrate their social, communication, and attention skills without wearing any devices. Competing Interests: Declaration of conflicting interestsThe author(s) declared the following potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article: Dr. Dawson is on the Scientific Advisory Boards of Akili Interactive, Inc, Zynerba, Nonverbal Learning Disability Project, and Tris Pharma, is a consultant to Apple, Gerson Lehrman Group, and Guidepoint Global, Inc., and receives book royalties from Guilford Press and Springer Nature. Dr. Dawson has stock interests in Neuvana, Inc. Dr. Dawson has two patents: 10912801B2 and 11158403B1. Dr. Dawson has developed technology, data, and/or products that have been licensed to Apple, Inc. and Cryocell, Inc. and Dawson and Duke University have benefited financially. Dr. Troy receives consulting fees from Aegis-CN, Gamida-Cell, Ltd., and the Community Data Roundtable and receives royalties from CryoCell International and SinoCell Technologies. Dr. Troy receives Honoraria for service on a DSMB from Navitas Clinical Research, Synthetic Biologics, The EMMES Corporation, and Gamida-Cell, Ltd. Dr. Troy has two patents: 62/470,431 and 16/493,754. Dr. Howard reports personal fees from Roche. Dr. DeVito consults with and reports personal fees from New Frontiers. For the remaining authors, no conflicts were declared.
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