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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2022

Can a Community-Based Football Program Benefit Motor Ability in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder? A Pilot Evaluation Considering the Role of Social Impairments.

Katherine Howells, Carmel Sivaratnam, Ebony Lindor, Jason He, Christian Hyde, Jane McGillivray, Rujuta B Wilson, Nicole Rinehart

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Article in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
3.5field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 24 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 3 countries.

Katherine HowellsDeakin Child Study Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia. k.howells@research.deakin.edu.au.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4419-2134
Carmel SivaratnamDeakin Child Study Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Ebony LindorDeakin Child Study Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Jason HeDepartment of Radiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Christian HydeDeakin Child Study Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Jane McGillivrayDeakin Child Study Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Rujuta B WilsonDavid Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA , UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Divisions of Pediatric Neurology and Child Psychiatry, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Nicole RinehartDeakin Child Study Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Deakin University · AUKennedy Krieger Institute · US

Funding

UCLA IDDRC: Translational CoreP50HD103557 · NICHD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI Peyman Golshani, SUMA JACOB · 2020 to 2026
$9.6M
NICHD NIH HHS P50 HD103557
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This non-randomised pilot study evaluated the impact of a community football program on motor ability in children aged 5-12 years with autism spectrum disorder. Sixteen children were evaluated at baseline-and-post attendance in a football program for a varied number of weeks and compared to 19 children engaging in treatment-as-usual. Primary analyses indicated a statistically significant increase in total MABC-2, aiming and catching, and balance scores for the intervention group, with no changes in scores in the comparison group. There were no changes in manual dexterity across either group. At a between group level, the changes in aiming and catching scores were significantly greater for the intervention group. Further analyses highlighted the potential importance of social impairments regarding aiming and catching.

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Autism Spectrum DisorderFootballSoccerChildHumansMotor SkillsPilot ProjectsAutism spectrum disordersCommunity-basedFootballMotor abilityOrganised physical activitySocial skills

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PMID33713242
OpenAlexW3135049361

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