ReviewChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Fundamental Motor Skills Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A 10-Year Narrative Review.
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18 citing papers in PubMed, 42 citations in OpenAlex.
- Recommendations for the Inclusion of Autistic Children in Community-Based Physical Activity Programmes: A Delphi Study.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Effects of a Structured Resistance Training Program on Muscular Strength and Functional Performance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A 12-Week Intervention Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Fundamental Motor Skills and Motor Competence in Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD): A Narrative Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Play, physical activity, and exercise interventions for behavioral and social outcomes in autism spectrum disorder: a narrative review.Journal of exercise rehabilitation · 2026Review
- The Effect of Sandplay Therapy on Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Neuropsychiatric disease and treatment · 2026Review
- Effectiveness of Motor Support Program in Multidimensional Development of Autistic Children.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- Survey of Child Neurologists Highlights a Missed Opportunity for Identifying and Treating Motor Impairments in Autism.Pediatric neurology · 2025Article
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- Motor Coordination Assessment in Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Effects of Motor Intervention Program on Academic Skills, Motor Skills and Social Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
- The necessity and challenge of family-school cooperation in developing fundamental motor skills for children with autism: the perspective of Chinese teachers and parents.International journal of developmental disabilities · 2025Article
- Effects of Physical Exercise on Gross Motor Skills in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2024Article
- Barking Up the Wrong Tree-Motor-Sensory Elements as Prodrome in Autism.Biomedicines · 2024Article
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- Enhancing home-based physical activity for neurodivergent children: adapting theFrontiers in physiology · 2024Article
- The Need for a Motor Assessment Tool for Children with Autism-An Opinion Article.Diagnostics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Early Motor Signs in Autism Spectrum Disorder.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Review
- Motor Skill Differences in Autism Spectrum Disorder: a Clinically Focused Review.Current psychiatry reports · 2021Review
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Abstract
In the past decade, converging evidence has suggested that motor impairment is one of the most consistent markers, alongside sociocommunicative difficulties, for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Indeed, widespread anomalies of movement have been described in the ASD context. These motor abnormalities could have critical implications for subsequent cognitive and social development. Nevertheless, this area of development is particularly underexamined in the autism-related context, and early intervention programs commonly focus on the core symptoms of the condition. In the present work, we review and discuss the findings from recent studies that investigated the effect of interventions regarding fundamental motor skills in autistic children. Although the limited nature of the literature prevents researchers from drawing definitive conclusions, the results from the studies discussed here demonstrated potentially significant improvements in the motor abilities of autistic children after the interventions. Only a subset of the reviewed studies explored possible changes in the sociocommunicative domain after the motor skills improvements, and they had not concordant, although promising, conclusions. Overall, in consideration of the well-documented motor impairment people with the condition, the present findings highlight the importance of including motor skills training within the rehabilitation programs designed for autistic children. Furthermore, this narrative review encourages future interventional trials to consider motor skills as a possible target for reducing activity limitations and participation restrictions of autistic children.
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