SynthesisFrontiers in psychiatry2021
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.
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23 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 54 citations in OpenAlex.
- Dance-Based Interventions for Mental Health: A Comprehensive and Quality-Sensitive Umbrella Review of Definitions, Measurement Practices, and Evidence Fragmentation.Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences · 2026Pooled it
- The impact of dance activities on social skills and related behaviors in children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorders: a meta-analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2026Pooled it
- Digital motor intervention effects on physical activity performance of individuals with developmental disabilities: a systematic review.Disability and rehabilitation · 2025Pooled it
- Neural Effects of Physical Activity and Movement Interventions in Individuals With Developmental Disabilities-A Systematic Review.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Pooled it
- Effects of Rhythmic Motor and Behavioral Intervention on Motor and Social Performance in Preschool Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Study.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Trial
- Physical exercise therapy for autism spectrum disorder: a scoping review of systematic reviews.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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- The Role of Capoeira in Improving Motor and Social Skills in Children with Autism.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Group Interpersonal Synchrony Increases Prosocial Behavior in Young Autistic Adults: A Randomized Controlled Trial.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
- The Emotion Regulation Checklist with Young Autistic Children: Data Set for Comparative Use in Intervention Studies.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2025Article
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- 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
- Oxytocin modulation of resting-state functional connectivity network topology in individuals with higher autistic traits.Psychoradiology · 2025Article
- Effects of mini-basketball training program on social communication impairments and regional homogeneity of brain functions in preschool children with autism spectrum disorder.BMC sports science, medicine & rehabilitation · 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
- Performing for Better Communication: Creativity, Cognitive-Emotional Skills and Embodied Language in Primary Schools.Journal of Intelligence · 2023Article
- fNIRS-Based Differences in Cortical Activation during Tool Use, Pantomimed Actions, and Meaningless Actions between Children with and without Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD).Brain sciences · 2023Article
- Parents' long-term experiences in a recreational dance program for their children with autism spectrum disorder.Heliyon · 2023Article
- 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
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Abstract
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder affecting multiple developmental domains including social communication, behavioral-affective, sensorimotor, and cognitive systems. There is growing evidence for the use of holistic, whole-body, Creative Movement Therapies (CMT) such as music, dance, yoga, theater, and martial arts in addressing the multisystem impairments in ASD. We conducted a comprehensive quantitative and qualitative review of the evidence to date on the effects of CMT on multiple systems in individuals with ASD. The strongest evidence, both in terms of quantity and quality, exists for music and martial arts-based interventions followed by yoga and theater, with very limited research on dance-based approaches. Our review of 72 studies (
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