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SynthesisJournal of autism and developmental disorders2019

Efficacy of Group-Based Organised Physical Activity Participation for Social Outcomes in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Katherine Howells, Carmel Sivaratnam, Tamara May, Ebony Lindor, Jane McGillivray, Nicole Rinehart

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Synthesis in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT04593576 (Effects of Outdoor Sports Activities on Pragmatic Language Skills for Children With Autism in Pakistan.), which is not on this map. Cited by 50 papers, 9 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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.

NCT04593576 nacompletednot on this mapstarted 2020, after this paper: background citation

Effects of Outdoor Sports Activities on Pragmatic Language Skills for Children With Autism in Pakistan.

TypeinterventionalSponsorRiphah International UniversityRan2020 to 2021Enrolled20ConditionsAutistic Disorder of Childhood Onset With Full SyndromeArmsPhysical activity protocol/out door sports, Intensive table teaching speech therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

50 citing papers in PubMed, 9 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Katherine HowellsSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin Child Study Centre, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia. k.howells@research.deakin.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4419-2134
Carmel SivaratnamSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin Child Study Centre, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
Tamara MaySchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin Child Study Centre, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
Ebony LindorSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin Child Study Centre, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
Jane McGillivraySchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin Child Study Centre, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.
Nicole RinehartSchool of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin Child Study Centre, Deakin University, Geelong, VIC, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of this novel review and meta-analysis was to clarify the effects of group-based organised physical activity (OPA) for social and communicative outcomes in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Searches yielded 4347 articles. Eleven were identified for review and seven for meta-analysis. Pooled statistical results revealed a non-significant effect for communication (k = 4; g = 0.13, CI [- 0.12, 0.38], p = .13) and a significant small-medium improvement in overall social functioning (k = 6; g = 0.45, CI [0.19, 0.72], p = .001). Despite acknowledged limitations, these findings are important in the context of a growing clinical and consumer-driven demand for research that determines the role of OPA as a non-medical and inclusive treatment for children with ASD.

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CommunicationExerciseAutism Spectrum DisorderChildEarly Intervention, EducationalHumansPeer GroupSocial ParticipationASDAutism spectrum disorderGroup-basedMeta analysisOrganised physical activitySocial functioning

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PMID31102193

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