Early Motor Skills in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders Are Marked by Less Frequent Hand and Knees Crawling

Autor: Céline Degrez, Michel Botbol, Marine Grandgeorge, Julie Maguet, Nelle Jallot, Nathalie Lavenne-Collot
Přispěvatelé: Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire de Brest (CHRU Brest), Ethologie animale et humaine (EthoS), Université de Caen Normandie (UNICAEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), CHRU de Brest, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2021
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Zdroj: Perceptual and Motor Skills
Perceptual and Motor Skills, Ammons Scientific, 2021, 128 (5), pp.2148-2165. ⟨10.1177/00315125211037983⟩
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2021, 128 (5), pp.2148-2165. ⟨10.1177/00315125211037983⟩
ISSN: 0031-5125
DOI: 10.1177/00315125211037983⟩
Popis: Our aim in this study was to affirm or negate (quantitatively) our subjective impression of altered hands and knees crawling (H&K crawling) among children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Through parental questionnaires and children’s health records, we retrospectively compared early motor skills, including the frequency of H&K crawling in 79 children with Autistic Disorder or Asperger Syndrome versus 100 children with typical development (TD). We found H&K crawling to be significantly less frequent among children with ASD (44.2%) versus children with TD (69%). Children with ASD also showed a decreased frequency of acquiring a seating position without help and a later mean walking age compared to the TD children. These data suggest that early motor development delays may be a useful sign for detecting ASD at early ages.
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