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Gross motor impairment and its relation to social skills in autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review and two meta-analyses.
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61 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 97 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effects of aquatic exercise on symptoms, behaviors, and motor function in children with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in behavioral neuroscience · 2026Pooled it
- Effects of trampoline training on lower-limb strength and balance in children and adolescents with special needs: a multilevel systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Trampoline exercise reduces anxiety and improves motor skills in children with autism spectrum disorder: A randomized controlled trial.Medicine · 2026Trial
- Effects of physical activity program on psychomotor and psycho-social characteristics of autistic children.Scientific reports · 2026Trial
- AllPlay Dance autism: protocol for a randomised controlled trial of a community-based dance programme for children with autism.BMJ open · 2026Article
- Aberrant gesture use in autism spectrum disorders is unrelated to motor abnormalities.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2026Article
- Remote Assessment of Physical Function and Physical Activity in Adults With Autism Spectrum Disorder: Protocol for Feasibility, Validity, and Reliability Study.JMIR research protocols · 2026Article
- Mapping Children's Social and Motor Skill Profiles to Autistic Traits and Behavioral Tendencies.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- Motor Training Integrating Cognitive-Behavioral Strategies and Narrative Grammar in Children with Autism Using the Global Integration Method (MIG): A Randomized Clinical Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Neurobehavioral Impacts of the Autism Risk Gene, WAC: Studies Involving C. elegans and Mice.Molecular neurobiology · 2026Article
- Neural and Kinematic Characteristics of Reaching in Autistic Children During Movement Observation, Execution, and Synchronization: An fNIRS Study.Brain sciences · 2026Article
- Movement Coordination's Link with Common Ground During Dyadic Peer Discourse in Typically Developing and Autistic Speakers.Journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Article
- The relationship between speed and curvature differs in autistic and non-autistic tracing movements.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Naturalistic facial dynamics enable quantitative clinical assessment of atypical expression phenotypes in children with autism spectrum disorder.NPJ digital medicine · 2026Article
- An assessment of autistic and parkinsonian movement profiles to inform selective classification algorithms.Journal of neurodevelopmental disorders · 2026Article
- Aquatic Interventions to Improve Motor and Social Functioning in Children with ASD: A Systematic Review.Review journal of autism and developmental disorders · 2026Review
- Effectiveness of the Global Integration Method (Método de Integração Global - MIG) for improving motor and functional outcomes in children with autism spectrum disorder: a randomised controlled trial protocol.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- The relationship between motor skills and social development in 6-12 years old typically developing children: a systematic review.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Review
- Sensory Processing of Time and Space in Autistic Children.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- The Role of Capoeira in Improving Motor and Social Skills in Children with Autism.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Gross motor ability is associated with profound differences in how children experience and interact with their social world. A rapidly growing literature on motor development in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) indicates that autistic individuals exhibit impairment in gross motor skills. However, due to substantial heterogeneity across studies, it remains unclear which gross motor skills are impaired in ASD, when and for whom these differences emerge, and whether motor and social impairments are related. The present article addressed these questions by synthesizing research on gross motor skills in ASD in two separate meta-analyses. The first examined gross motor deficits in ASD compared to neurotypical (NT) controls, aggregating data from 114 studies representing 6,423 autistic and 2,941 NT individuals. Results demonstrated a significant overall deficit in gross motor skills in ASD (Hedges'
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