Autism spectrum disorder and physical activity

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Title: Autism spectrum disorder and physical activity
Authors: Moscatelli, Fiorenzo | Polito, Rita | Ametta, Alberto | Monda, Marcellino | Messina, Antonietta | Sessa, Francesco | Daniele, Aurora | Valenzano, Anna | Cibelli, Giuseppe | Monda, Vincenzo
Keywords: Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | Physical activity | Exercise intervention | Coaching in ASD | Therapeutic physical exercise
Knowledge Area: Educación Física y Deportiva
Issue Date: 2020
Publisher: Universidad de Alicante. Área de Educación Física y Deporte
Citation: Journal of Human Sport and Exercise. 2020, 15(Proc3): S787-S792. doi:10.14198/jhse.2020.15.Proc3.29
Abstract: Autism is a common developmental disorder characterized by difficulties with speech and behaviours, such as lack of social abilities and repetitive behaviours. Some studies have shown that after the intervention of physical activity, all of the social interaction ability, communication ability, stereotyped behaviour and sports skills of children and adolescents with autism have been improved, which can reduce the degree of autism. The prevalence of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has increased dramatically and is currently estimated at 1 in 68 children. ASD is defined by two symptom dimensions including social impairments and circumscribed and repetitive behaviours and interests (American Psychiatric Association). One subgroup that has increased is those with ASD without intellectual disability who currently comprise 68% of those diagnosed. Current guidelines recommend that youth engage in ≥ 60 minutes of Physical Activity daily, with the majority being moderate-to-vigorous, and muscle strengthening activities ≥ 3 days per week. Despite the significant need, few exercise programs have been developed or adapted for children with ASD, and there is a lack of evidence-based exercise treatments. Recommendations for improving exercise intervention studies in ASD include testing of treatments in function-ally-homogeneous (narrower) subgroups with ASD using larger well-characterized samples. This is necessary as children with ASD have different tolerances for activities/tasks and functional heterogeneity will likely lead to variable treatment responsiveness. Additionally, group-based treatments will be more applicable for children with ASD without intellectual disability.
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10045/108974
ISSN: 1988-5202
DOI: 10.14198/jhse.2020.15.Proc3.29
Language: eng
Type: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Rights: This work is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Peer Review: si
Publisher version: https://doi.org/10.14198/jhse.2020.15.Proc3.29
Appears in Collections:Journal of Human Sport and Exercise - 2020 - Spring Conferences of Sports Science

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