Investigating the Matching Relationship between Physical Exercise and Stereotypic Behavior in Children with Autism
| Autor: | Venus H. L. Liu, Andy C. Y. Tse, Paul H. Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Matching (statistics) medicine.medical_specialty Analysis of Variance business.industry Autism Spectrum Disorder Physical Therapy Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation Physical exercise 030229 sport sciences Audiology medicine.disease 03 medical and health sciences Jogging 0302 clinical medicine Autism spectrum disorder medicine Autism Humans Orthopedics and Sports Medicine Female Stereotyped Behavior business Child Exercise Matching hypothesis |
| Zdroj: | Medicine and science in sports and exercise. 53(4) |
| ISSN: | 1530-0315 |
| Popis: | PURPOSE Physical exercise has been shown to be effective in reducing stereotypic behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder. One possible mechanism concerns the matching hypothesis between exercise and behavior. The present study sought to examine this matching exercise-behavior relationship. METHODS Participants (N = 21, 17 males and 4 females, Mage = 11.07 ± 1.44 yr, Mheight = 1.46 ± 0.99 m, and Mweight = 40.60 ± 8.25 kg), with observable forms of hand-flapping and body-rocking stereotypic behaviors, underwent three separate days of conditions, one for the control condition, one for the 10-min ball-tapping exercise condition, and one for the 10-min jogging condition, in a randomized order. The frequency of each type of stereotypic behavior was videotaped from 15 min before to 60 min after the exercise. RESULTS Results revealed that only hand-flapping stereotypic behaviors were significantly reduced in the ball-tapping exercise condition (P < 0.017), whereas only body-rocking stereotypic behaviors were significantly reduced in the jogging exercise condition (P < 0.017). However, the behavioral benefit diminished at 45 min after the respective exercise. CONCLUSION Physical exercise should be topographically matched with stereotypic behavior to produce desirable behavioral benefits in children with autism spectrum disorder. |
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