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ArticleJournal of autism and developmental disorders2022

The Relationship between Motor Skills and Intelligence in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder.

Carlos Pelayo Ramos-Sánchez, Dianne Kortekaas, Debbie Van Biesen, Davy Vancampfort, Tine Van Damme

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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 17 papers.

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  1. Motor Performance in Autistic Youth From Childhood Through Adolescence: Evidence for Both Sustained and Widening Group Differences.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2026
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  5. Sensorimotor Behavior in Individuals With Autism Spectrum Disorder and Their Unaffected Biological Parents.Autism research : official journal of the International Society for Autism Research · 2025
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5 authors.

Carlos Pelayo Ramos-SánchezDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, ON IV Herestraat 49 - bus 1510, 3000, Leuven, Belgium. carlos.ramossanchez@kuleuven.be.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9506-0177
Dianne Kortekaas *Department of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, ON IV Herestraat 49 - bus 1510, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Debbie Van BiesenDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, ON IV Herestraat 49 - bus 1510, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Davy VancampfortDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, ON IV Herestraat 49 - bus 1510, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.
Tine Van DammeDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, University of Leuven, KU Leuven, ON IV Herestraat 49 - bus 1510, 3000, Leuven, Belgium.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study explored the association between intelligence and motor skills in children with ASD after controlling for Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and the associations between motor impairment and intellectual disability (ID) in this population. In total, 120 children with ASD (3-16 years; 81.7% boys) completed a standardized intelligence test, the Movement Assessment Battery for Children and Beery-Buktenica Developmental Test of Visual-Motor Integration. Variance in performance IQ was associated with 20.8% of the variance in motor skills while significant associations were found between comorbid ID and motor impairment (ɸ = 0.304). Manual Dexterity and Balance are moderately influenced by performance IQ in children with ASD. Furthermore, presence of ID is also moderately associated with motor impairment in this population.

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Attention Deficit Disorder with HyperactivityAutism Spectrum DisorderChildFemaleHumansIntelligenceIntelligence TestsMaleMotor SkillsAutism spectrum disorderIntellectual disabilityIntelligenceMotor skillsVisuomotor integration

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