Exercise-Based Interventions Aimed at Improving Balance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis
Abstract
Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have deficits in motor skills, especially balance. This article presents a meta-analytic review of 15 intervention studies that aimed to improve balance in children and adolescents with ASD. Across these studies, there were 195 participants with ASD for whom pre-intervention and post-intervention balance scores were available. We measured the standardized mean difference (Hedges’ g) between their pre-intervention and post-intervention balance scores and found a large, positive effect from these balance interventions (standardized mean difference—1.82 (95% CI [1.34, 2.29])). Various balance intervention procedures were shown to be very efficacious for children and adolescents with ASD. Clearly, balance is a motor skill that is very susceptible to intervention efforts. We also provided recommendations to researchers regarding what information to include when conducting intervention studies.
Keywords:
balance / children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder / intervention study / meta-analysisSource:
Perceptual and Motor Skills, 2021, 00315125211060231-Note:
- Peer‐reviewed version of the article:http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4101
DOI: 10.1177/00315125211060231
ISSN: 0031-5125; 1558-688X eISSN
WoS: 000738703500001
Scopus: 2-s2.0-85122062923
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rFASPERTY - JOUR AU - Đorđević, Mirjana AU - Memišević, Haris AU - Potić, Srećko AU - Đurić, Uroš PY - 2021 UR - https://doi.org/10.1177/00315125211060231 UR - http://rfasper.fasper.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/4100 AB - Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) often have deficits in motor skills, especially balance. This article presents a meta-analytic review of 15 intervention studies that aimed to improve balance in children and adolescents with ASD. Across these studies, there were 195 participants with ASD for whom pre-intervention and post-intervention balance scores were available. We measured the standardized mean difference (Hedges’ g) between their pre-intervention and post-intervention balance scores and found a large, positive effect from these balance interventions (standardized mean difference—1.82 (95% CI [1.34, 2.29])). Various balance intervention procedures were shown to be very efficacious for children and adolescents with ASD. Clearly, balance is a motor skill that is very susceptible to intervention efforts. We also provided recommendations to researchers regarding what information to include when conducting intervention studies. T2 - Perceptual and Motor Skills T1 - Exercise-Based Interventions Aimed at Improving Balance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis SP - 00315125211060231 DO - 10.1177/00315125211060231 ER -
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Đorđević, M., Memišević, H., Potić, S.,& Đurić, U.. (2021). Exercise-Based Interventions Aimed at Improving Balance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis. in Perceptual and Motor Skills, 00315125211060231. https://doi.org/10.1177/00315125211060231
Đorđević M, Memišević H, Potić S, Đurić U. Exercise-Based Interventions Aimed at Improving Balance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis. in Perceptual and Motor Skills. 2021;:00315125211060231. doi:10.1177/00315125211060231 .
Đorđević, Mirjana, Memišević, Haris, Potić, Srećko, Đurić, Uroš, "Exercise-Based Interventions Aimed at Improving Balance in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Meta-Analysis" in Perceptual and Motor Skills (2021):00315125211060231, https://doi.org/10.1177/00315125211060231 . .