Document Type

Article

Source

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

ISSN

1573-3432

Volume

38

Issue

4

First Page

644

Last Page

656

Publication Date

4-2008

Department

Occupational Therapy

Abstract

Gross motor development (supine, prone, rolling, sitting, crawling, walking) and movement abnormalities were examined in the home videos of infants later diagnosed with autism (regression and no regression subgroups), developmental delays (DD), or typical development. Group differences in maturity were found for walking, prone, and supine, with the DD and Autism-No Regression groups both showing later developing motor maturity than typical children. The only statistically significant differences in movement abnormalities were in the DD group; the two autism groups did not differ from the typical group in rates of movement abnormalities or lack of protective responses. These findings do not replicate previous investigations suggesting that early motor abnormalities seen on home video can assist in early identification of autism.

Rights

Copyright © 2007 Springer Science+Business Media, LLC

Publisher Statement

This is a pre-print of an article published in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. The final authenticated version is available online at: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10803-007-0430-0

PubMed ID

17805956

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