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SynthesisJournal of autism and developmental disorders2024

Motor Impairments in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Melika Kangarani-Farahani, Myrah Anum Malik, Jill G Zwicker

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Synthesis in Journal of autism and developmental disorders, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 60 papers, 11 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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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

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

60 citing papers in PubMed, 11 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Melika Kangarani-FarahaniGraduate Programs in Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Myrah Anum MalikGraduate Programs in Rehabilitation Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Jill G ZwickerBC Children's Hospital Research Institute, K3-180 4480 Oak Street, Vancouver, V6H 3V4, Canada. jill.zwicker@ubc.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2986-6938

Funding

Canada Excellence Research Chairs, Government of Canada 950-233161CIHR CIHR 201512MSH-360883-141638
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This article comprehensively reviews motor impairments in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) to: (1) determine the prevalence of motor problems in children with ASD; (2) understand the nature of motor difficulties in ASD and whether they are consistent with developmental coordination disorder (DCD); and (3) determine if the term DCD was used as a co-occurring diagnosis in children with ASD after publication of the DSM-5 in 2013. The following databases were systematically searched: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, and PsycINFO from 2010 to December 2021. Articles were included if they: (1) were peer-reviewed and published in a scientific journal; (2) included children with ASD who were between 5 and 12 years; (3) used motor or function measures to assess motor abilities in children with ASD. Studies that included children with intellectual disabilities were excluded. Two independent reviewers reviewed titles, abstracts, and full-text articles for inclusion. Twenty-seven studies met the inclusion criteria and were assessed for quality by two independent reviewers using the Appraisal tool for Cross-Sectional Studies. The majority of articles (92.5%) indicated that 50-88% of children with ASD had significant motor impairments on standardized motor assessments and/or functional questionnaires. The nature of motor and function problems in ASD were consistent with DCD; however, only three out of 20 papers (15%) that were published from 2014 described the motor problems as DCD. One study reported that 15.1% of children with ASD with motor impairments had a co-occurring diagnosis of DCD, suggesting that DCD is under-recognized in this clinical population.

Indexed as

Autism Spectrum DisorderMotor Skills DisordersChildChild, PreschoolHumansAutism spectrum disorderChildrenDevelopmental coordination disorderMotor deficitsMotor skills disorder

Identifiers

PMID36949273

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