Journal article
Effectiveness of a Fundamental Movement Skill Intervention in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Focus on autism and other developmental disabilities, Vol.40(2), pp.59-68
06/2025
DOI: 10.1177/10883576241311171
Abstract
This study examined the effect of a 12-week fundamental movement skills (FMS) intervention on the motor skills of 20 boys with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) (ages 3-10 years) and whether the intervention effect would persist for at least 12 weeks after the intervention. In Part I, 10 boys with ASD (Group 1) received the intervention, whereas the remaining 10 boys with ASD (Group 2) did not (true control, no intervention). The arrangement was reversed in Part II. The main findings were that children in both the ASD groups exhibited significant improvements in the overall gross motor development and the locomotor and object control subtest scores after the intervention. The effectiveness appeared to be sustained for at least 12 weeks in Group 1. The study findings indicate the importance of including FMS programming as a part of the early intervention services delivered to young children with ASD.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Effectiveness of a Fundamental Movement Skill Intervention in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder: A Randomized Controlled Trial
- Creators
- Chien-Yu Pan - Natl Kaohsiung Normal Univ, Kaohsiung, TaiwanChia-Liang Tsai - Natl Cheng Kung Univ, Tainan, TaiwanFu-Chen Chen - Natl Kaohsiung Normal Univ, Kaohsiung, TaiwanChih-Chia Chen - Mississippi State UniversityYu-Han Hu - Natl Kaohsiung Normal Univ, Kaohsiung, TaiwanChia-Hua Chu - National Kaohsiung Normal University
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Focus on autism and other developmental disabilities, Vol.40(2), pp.59-68
- DOI
- 10.1177/10883576241311171
- ISSN
- 1088-3576
- eISSN
- 1538-4829
- Publisher
- Sage
- Number of pages
- 10
- Grant note
- MOST 106-2410-H-017-022-MY3; NSTC 112-2410-H-017-029-MY2 / Taiwan National Science and Technology Council (NSTC), previously known as Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST)
- Language
- English
- Electronic publication date
- 01/27/2025
- Date published
- 06/2025
- Academic Unit
- Health, Sport, and Human Physiology
- Record Identifier
- 9984787444002771
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