Moving toward understanding autism: Visual-motor integration, imitation, and social skill development

DE Lidstone, SH Mostofsky - Pediatric Neurology, 2021 - Elsevier
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopmental disorder with a behavioral
phenotype characterized by impaired development of social-communicative skills and …

Motor development and delay: advances in assessment of motor skills in autism spectrum disorders

RB Wilson, PG Enticott, NJ Rinehart - Current opinion in …, 2018 - journals.lww.com
Information from advanced quantitative and neurodiagnostic methods of motor function
contribute to a better understanding of the specific and subtle motor impairments in ASD …

Relationship between postural control and restricted, repetitive behaviors in autism spectrum disorders

KJ Radonovich, KA Fournier, CJ Hass - Frontiers in integrative …, 2013 - frontiersin.org
Restricted, repetitive behaviors (RRBs) are one of the core diagnostic criteria of autism
spectrum disorders (ASD), and include simple repetitive motor behaviors and more complex …

Using technology to identify children with autism through motor abnormalities

R Simeoli, N Milano, A Rega, D Marocco - Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Autism is a neurodevelopmental disorder typically assessed and diagnosed through
observational analysis of behavior. Assessment exclusively based on behavioral …

Motor learning relies on integrated sensory inputs in ADHD, but over‐selectively on proprioception in autism spectrum conditions

J Izawa, SE Pekny, MK Marko, CC Haswell… - Autism …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
The brain builds an association between action and sensory feedback to predict the sensory
consequence of self‐generated motor commands. This internal model of action is central to …

The role of sensorimotor difficulties in autism spectrum conditions

P Hannant, T Tavassoli, S Cassidy - Frontiers in neurology, 2016 - frontiersin.org
In addition to difficulties in social communication, current diagnostic criteria for autism
spectrum conditions (ASC) also incorporate sensorimotor difficulties, repetitive motor …

Reaching and grasping in autism spectrum disorder: a review of recent literature

LAR Sacrey, T Germani, SE Bryson… - Frontiers in …, 2014 - frontiersin.org
Impairments in motor functioning, which, until recently, have rarely been a primary focus in
autism spectrum disorder (ASD) research, may play a key role in the early expression of …

Toward the Autism Motor Signature: Gesture patterns during smart tablet gameplay identify children with autism

A Anzulewicz, K Sobota, JT Delafield-Butt - Scientific reports, 2016 - nature.com
Autism is a developmental disorder evident from infancy. Yet, its clinical identification
requires expert diagnostic training. New evidence indicates disruption to motor timing and …

Further evidence of complex motor dysfunction in drug naive children with autism using automatic motion analysis of gait

M Nobile, P Perego, L Piccinini, E Mani, A Rossi… - …, 2011 - journals.sagepub.com
In order to increase the knowledge of locomotor disturbances in children with autism, and of
the mechanism underlying them, the objective of this exploratory study was to reliably and …

Motor coordination in autism spectrum disorders: a synthesis and meta-analysis

KA Fournier, CJ Hass, SK Naik, N Lodha… - Journal of autism and …, 2010 - Springer
Are motor coordination deficits an underlying cardinal feature of Autism Spectrum Disorders
(ASD)? Database searches identified 83 ASD studies focused on motor coordination, arm …