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ArticleResearch in developmental disabilities2018

Comparing motor performance, praxis, coordination, and interpersonal synchrony between children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).

Maninderjit Kaur, Sudha M Srinivasan, Anjana N Bhat

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Article in Research in developmental disabilities, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 137 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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137citing papers in PubMed, 8 pooled it
5.7field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT06144775 unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2022, after this paper: background citation

Manual Motor Planning Deficits and Performance Differences in Children With Autism Spectrum Condition: a Kinematic Analysis to Extract Objective Markers of Motor Atypia

TypeobservationalSponsorIstituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione BiomedicaRan2022 to 2025Enrolled60ConditionsAutism, Autism Spectrum DisorderArmsKinematics measures
NCT06152510 unknown statusnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

Comparative Study of Static Balance Abilities in Children With Autism and Neurotypical Peers

TypeobservationalSponsorIstituto per la Ricerca e l'Innovazione BiomedicaRan2023 to 2024Enrolled30ConditionsAutism, Autism Spectrum DisorderArmsVirtual Reality Rehabilitation System
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

137 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 289 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Social motor synchrony in autism spectrum conditions: A systematic review.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024
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  14. Navigating School Meal Environments: Perspectives of Pupils Diagnosed With Autism Spectrum Disorder or ADHD.The Journal of school nursing : the official publication of the National Association of School Nurses · 2026
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  17. Motor Disorders in Autism: From Comorbidity to Core Criterion.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Maninderjit KaurPhysical Therapy Department & The Biomechanics & Movement Science Program, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19713, USA.
Sudha M SrinivasanPhysical Therapy Department & The Biomechanics & Movement Science Program, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19713, USA.
Anjana N BhatPhysical Therapy Department & The Biomechanics & Movement Science Program, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19713, USA; Physical Therapy Program, Department of Kinesiology, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA; Institute for Collaboration on Health, Intervention, and Policy, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA. Electronic address: abhat@udel.edu.
University of Delaware · US

Funding

Subproject Title: Clinical Research Education, Mentoring and Career Development CoreU54GM104941 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI Claudine T Jurkovitz · 2013 to 2026
$60.5M
Robot child interactions as an intervention tool for children with autismR33MH089441 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE · PI BHAT, ANJANA NARAYAN · 2011 to 2012
$729k
Robot child interactions as an intervention tool for children with autismR21MH089441 · NIMH · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI BHAT, ANJANA NARAYAN · 2009 to 2010
$405k
NIGMS NIH HHS U54 GM104941NIMH NIH HHS R21 MH089441NIMH NIH HHS R33 MH089441
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) have basic motor impairments in balance, gait, and coordination as well as autism-specific impairments in praxis/motor planning and interpersonal synchrony. Majority of the current literature focuses on isolated motor behaviors or domains. Additionally, the relationship between cognition, symptom severity, and motor performance in ASD is unclear. We used a comprehensive set of measures to compare gross and fine motor, praxis/imitation, motor coordination, and interpersonal synchrony skills across three groups of children between 5 and 12 years of age: children with ASD with high IQ (HASD), children with ASD with low IQ (LASD), and typically developing (TD) children. We used the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency and the Bilateral Motor Coordination subtest of the Sensory Integration and Praxis Tests to assess motor performance and praxis skills respectively. Children were also examined while performing simple and complex rhythmic upper and lower limb actions on their own (solo context) and with a social partner (social context). Both ASD groups had lower gross and fine motor scores, greater praxis errors in total and within various error types, lower movement rates, greater movement variability, and weaker interpersonal synchrony compared to the TD group. In addition, the LASD group had lower gross motor scores and greater mirroring errors compared to the HASD group. Overall, a variety of motor impairments are present across the entire spectrum of children with ASD, regardless of their IQ scores. Both, fine and gross motor performance significantly correlated with IQ but not with autism severity; however, praxis errors (mainly, total, overflow, and rhythmicity) strongly correlated with autism severity and not IQ. Our study findings highlight the need for clinicians and therapists to include motor evaluations and interventions in the standard-of-care of children with ASD and for the broader autism community to recognize dyspraxia as an integral part of the definition of ASD.

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ApraxiasAtaxiaAutism Spectrum DisorderMotor SkillsSocial SkillsChildFemaleHumansMaleNeuropsychological TestsPsychomotor PerformanceSeverity of Illness IndexStatistics as TopicTask Performance and AnalysisAutismChildrenCoordinationInterpersonal synchronyMotorPraxis

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PMID29121516
PMCPMC5743591
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