School of Occupational Therapy, Social Work and Speech Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia.
Pain and Rehabilitation Centre, and Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2019 Dec;49(12):4731-4739. doi: 10.1007/s10803-018-3634-6.
Sensory processing difficulties affect the development of sensorimotor skills in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the effect of sensory information on postural control is unclear in the ASD adult population. The present study examined the effect of visual information on postural control as well as the attentional demands associated with postural control in fourteen adults with ASD and seventeen typically developed adults. The results showed that postural sway and attention demands of postural control were larger in adults with ASD than in typically developed adults. These findings indicate that visual processing used for postural control may be different in adults with ASD. Further research in visual field processing and visual motion processing may elucidate these sensorimotor differences.
感觉处理困难会影响自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）个体的感觉运动技能发展。然而，在 ASD 成年人群体中，感觉信息对姿势控制的影响尚不清楚。本研究考察了视觉信息对姿势控制的影响，以及 14 名 ASD 成年人和 17 名典型发育成年人在进行姿势控制时的注意力需求。结果表明，与典型发育成年人相比，ASD 成年人的姿势摆动和姿势控制的注意力需求更大。这些发现表明，用于姿势控制的视觉处理在 ASD 成年人中可能不同。进一步研究视场处理和视觉运动处理可能阐明这些感觉运动差异。
