ReviewClinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH2020
Exergames for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Overview.
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- Effects of Exergaming on executive function and motor ability in children: A systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2024Pooled it
- The role of BMI on cognition following acute physical activity in preadolescent children.Trends in neuroscience and education · 2020Trial
- Effects of Exergame-Based Interventions on Executive Functions and Motor Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Sports (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Integrating augmented reality technology into physical therapy in the school setting: a feasibility study.Annals of medicine · 2025Article
- Achieving Gameplay Independence in Virtual Reality Exergames for Individuals With Mild Intellectual Disabilities: Pilot Study.JMIR serious games · 2025Article
- Digital play and rehabilitation for children and adolescents in hospitals, outpatient departments and rehabilitation centres: A scoping review.Journal of pediatric rehabilitation medicine · 2025Article
- Self-perceived physical fitness and occurrences of individual levels of autistic traits in adolescents: a cluster association study.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Autism Spectrum, Hikikomori Syndrome and Internet Gaming Disorder: Is There a Link?Brain sciences · 2023Review
- Exergames to Limit Weight Gain and to Fight Sedentarism in Children and Adolescents with Obesity.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Review
- The Healthcare Experience of Autistic Patients in Orthopaedic Surgery and Closely Related Fields: A Scoping Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- A Recovery-Oriented Program for People with Bipolar Disorder through Virtual Reality-Based Cognitive Remediation: Results of a Feasibility Randomized Clinical Trial.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Article
- GamerFit-ASD beta test: adapting an evidence-based exergaming and telehealth coaching intervention for autistic youth.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2023Article
- Cognitive Remediation Virtual Reality Tool a Recovery-Oriented Project for People with Bipolar Disorder: Protocol of a Feasibility Randomized Clinical Trial.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2022Article
- Health-Related Fitness as a Predictor of Anxiety Levels Among School Adolescents: An observational cross-sectional study.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2022Article
- Retained Primitive Reflexes and Potential for Intervention in Autistic Spectrum Disorders.Frontiers in neurology · 2022Review
- Autism and Visual impairment: A First Approach to a Complex Relationship.Clinical practice and epidemiology in mental health : CP & EMH · 2021Article
- Beneficial Use and Potential Effectiveness of Physical Activity in Managing Autism Spectrum Disorder.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2020Article
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.
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Abstract
Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a complex neurodevelopmental disorder associated with various etiologies and characterized by deficits in social interaction, emotional reciprocity, communication, motor skills and cognitive functions. Studies have proposed that limited levels of physical activity and late motor skills and fitness, particularly in children and adolescents with ASD, may accentuate social and emotional deficits. In view of this, exergames, which are active video-games, can be considered a low-cost and safe type of exercise for children and adolescents with ASD, since they are more enjoyable than ordinary physical activities, influencing on treatment adherence. Thus, our study aims to evidence the effects of exergames on physical fitness, cognitive functions, and repetitive behaviors in children and adolescents with ASD. Despite the small number of studies investigating the effects of exergames as new strategy in children and adolescents with ASD, results suggest exergames as potential tool for the treatment of children and adolescents with ASD for improvement in physical fitness, cognitive functions and repetitive behavior. Our review pointed towards the importance of exergames for children and adolescents with ASD. Despite few studies conducted about this issue, we can consider exergames a potential tool to increase physical fitness, cognitive functions and to decrease repetitive behavior in children and adolescents with ASD. Moreover, health professionals should be careful when attempting to help this population, because the current literature is unclear yet about the improvement of ASD features through exergames.
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