Memari Amir Hossein, Ghanouni Parisa, Shayestehfar Monir, Ghaheri Banafsheh
Sports Medicine Research Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran ; Neuroscience Institute, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, IR Iran.
Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Asian J Sports Med. 2014 Sep;5(3):e22963. doi: 10.5812/asjsm.22963. Epub 2014 Sep 12.
Motor impairments in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) have been frequently reported. In this review, we narrow our focus on postural control impairments to summarize current literature for patterns, underlying mechanisms, and determinants of posture in this population.
A literature search was conducted through Medline, ISI web of Knowledge, Scopus and Google Scholar to include studies between 1992 and February 2013.
Individuals with ASD have problems in maintaining postural control in infancy that well persists into later years. However, the patterns and underlying mechanisms are still unclear.
Examining postural control as an endophenotype or early diagnostic marker of autism is a conceptual premise which should be considered in future investigations. At the end of the review, methodological recommendations on the assessment of postural control have also been provided.
自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）患者的运动障碍屡有报道。在本综述中，我们将重点缩小到姿势控制障碍，以总结该人群中姿势的模式、潜在机制和决定因素的现有文献。
通过Medline、ISI知识网、Scopus和谷歌学术进行文献检索，纳入1992年至2013年2月期间的研究。
ASD患者在婴儿期就存在维持姿势控制的问题，且这种问题会持续到晚年。然而，其模式和潜在机制仍不清楚。
将姿势控制作为自闭症的一种内表型或早期诊断标志物进行研究是一个概念前提，应在未来的研究中予以考虑。在综述结尾，还提供了关于姿势控制评估的方法学建议。
