ArticleEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2015
Identification of neuromotor deficits common to autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, and imitation deficits specific to autism spectrum disorder.
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- Impaired Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Evidence From a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026Pooled it
- A systematic review and meta-analysis on the ocular characteristics in children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders.Scientific reports · 2023Pooled it
- [Clinical efficacy of interactive group sandplay versus individual sandplay in the treatment of preschool children with autism spectrum disorder].Zhongguo dang dai er ke za zhi = Chinese journal of contemporary pediatrics · 2019Trial
- Neurodevelopmental variations cascading from age 10 months to 3 years leading to attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder/autism traits at age 9 in a general population.JCPP advances · 2026Article
- Motor difficulties in children with neurodevelopmental conditions: a report from a cross-national study in Belgian and Italian children.European journal of pediatrics · 2025Article
- Sensory-movement underpinnings of lifelong neurodivergence: getting a grip on autism.Frontiers in integrative neuroscience · 2025Article
- Motor Competence in Autistic Children with Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Associations Among Daily Living Skills, Motor, and Sensory Difficulties in Autistic and Nonautistic Children.The American journal of occupational therapy : official publication of the American Occupational Therapy Association · 2022Article
- Visual search in ADHD, ASD and ASD + ADHD: overlapping or dissociating disorders?European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2021Article
- IQ and Sensory Symptom Severity Best Predict Motor Ability in Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2021Observational
- Studying global processing in autism and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder with gaze movements: The example of a copying task.PloS one · 2020Article
- Sensory Processing in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in the Home and Classroom Contexts.Frontiers in psychology · 2017Article
- Toward the Autism Motor Signature: Gesture patterns during smart tablet gameplay identify children with autism.Scientific reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
Deficits in motor and imitation abilities are a core finding in autism spectrum disorders (ASD), but impaired motor functions are also found in attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Given recent theorising about potential aetiological overlap between the two disorders, the present study aimed to assess difficulties in motor performance and imitation of facial movements and meaningless gestures in a sample of 24 ADHD patients, 22 patients with ASD, and 20 typically developing children, matched for age (6-13 years) and similar in IQ (>80). Furthermore, we explored the impact of comorbid ADHD symptoms on motor and imitation performance in the ASD sample and the interrelationships between the two groups of variables in the clinical groups separately. The results show motor dysfunction was common to both disorders, but imitation deficits were specific to ASD. Together with the pattern of interrelated motor and imitation abilities, which we found exclusively in the ASD group, our findings suggest complex phenotypic, and possibly aetiological, relationships between the two neurodevelopmental conditions.
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