ArticlePhysical therapy2019
Creative Yoga Intervention Improves Motor and Imitation Skills of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder.
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22 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Physical Activity for Anxiety for Autistic People: A Systematic Review.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Pooled it
- Benefits of exercise for children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2024Pooled it
- Neural Effects of Physical Activity and Movement Interventions in Individuals With Developmental Disabilities-A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Creative Movement Therapies on Social Communication, Behavioral-Affective, Sensorimotor, Cognitive, and Functional Participation Skills of Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2021Pooled it
- Changes in Autism Traits from Early Childhood To Adolescence in the Study To Explore Early Development.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Neural Effects of Creative Movement, General Movement, and Sedentary Play Interventions on Interpersonal Synchrony in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Preliminary fNIRS Study.Brain sciences · 2025Article
- Impact of a Sensorimotor Integration and Hyperstimulation Program on Global Motor Skills in Moroccan Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Exploratory Clinical Quasi-Experimental Study.JMIR formative research · 2025Article
- Effects of Creative Movement, General Movement, or Seated Play Interventions on Motor Performance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Research in autism spectrum disorders · 2025Article
- Effects of different exercise modalities on pediatric and adolescent populations with developmental disorders: a network meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- A Pilot Study Comparing the Efficacy, Fidelity, Acceptability, and Feasibility of Telehealth and Face-to-Face Creative Movement Interventions in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Telemedicine reports · 2024Article
- A Remotely Delivered Yoga Intervention for Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: Feasibility and Effectiveness for Improving Skills Related to Physical Activity.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2023Article
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- Multidimensional motor performance in children with autism mostly remains stable with age and predicts social communication delay, language delay, functional delay, and repetitive behavior severity after accounting for intellectual disability or cognitive delay: A SPARK dataset analysis.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2023Article
- From "one big clumsy mess" to "a fundamental part of my character." Autistic adults' experiences of motor coordination.PloS one · 2023Article
- Positive impact of the Therasuit method on gross motor function of children with autism spectrum disorder: Case series.Frontiers in neurology · 2023Article
- Recommendations for Resuming PA after Prolonged Rest in Children and Adolescents: A Systematic Integrative Review of Relevance for Immunity.Journal of functional morphology and kinesiology · 2022Review
- A further study of relations between motor impairment and social communication, cognitive, language, functional impairments, and repetitive behavior severity in children with ASD using the SPARK study dataset.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2022Article
- Effects of a creative yoga intervention on the joint attention and social communication skills, as well as affective states of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Research in autism spectrum disorders · 2021Article
- Movement kinematics and cortical activation in children with and without autism spectrum disorder during sway synchrony tasks: an fNIRS study.Scientific reports · 2021Article
- Motor Impairment Increases in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder as a Function of Social Communication, Cognitive and Functional Impairment, Repetitive Behavior Severity, and Comorbid Diagnoses: A SPARK Study Report.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2021Article
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backgroundThere is growing evidence for motor impairments in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including poor gross and fine motor performance, poor balance, and incoordination. However, there is limited evidence on the effects of motor interventions for this population.
objectiveIn the present study, the effects of a physical therapy intervention using creative yoga on the motor and imitation skills of children with ASD were evaluated.
designThis study had a pretest-posttest control group design.
methodsTwenty-four children with ASD aged between 5 and 13 years received 8 weeks of a physical therapist-delivered yoga or academic intervention. Children were tested before and after the intervention using a standardized motor measure, the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Performance-2nd Edition (BOT-2). The imitation skills of children using familiar training-specific actions (ie, poses for the yoga group and building actions for the academic group) were also assessed.
resultsAfter the intervention, children in the yoga group improved gross motor performance on the BOT-2 and displayed fewer imitation/praxis errors when copying training-specific yoga poses. In contrast, children in the academic group improved their fine motor performance on the BOT-2 and performed fewer imitation errors while completing the training-specific building actions. LIMITATIONS: The study limitations include small sample size and lack of long-term follow-up.
conclusionsOverall, creative interventions, such as yoga, are promising tools for enhancing the motor and imitation skills of children with ASD.
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