Unit of Child Neurology and Psychiatry, Department of Systems Medicine, "Tor Vergata" University, Via Montpellier 1, 00133, Rome, Italy.
Child Neuropsychiatry, USL Umbria-2, Viale VIII Marzo, 05100, Terni, Italy.
Child Psychiatry Hum Dev. 2021 Dec;52(6):1131-1142. doi: 10.1007/s10578-020-01088-0. Epub 2020 Nov 4.
Early attentional dysfunction is one of the most consistent findings in autism spectrum disorder (ASD), including the high functioning autism (HFA). There are no studies that assess how the atypical attentional processes affect the motor functioning in HFA. In this study, we evaluated attentional and motor functioning in a sample of 15 drug-naive patients with HFA and 15 healthy children (HC), and possible link between attentional dysfunction and motor impairment in HFA. Compared to HC, HFA group was seriously impaired in a considerable number of attentional processes and showed a greater number of motor abnormalities. Significant correlations between attention deficits and motor abnormalities were observed in HFA group. These preliminary findings suggest that deficit of attentional processes can be implied in motor abnormalities in HFA.
早期注意力功能障碍是自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)中最一致的发现之一,包括高功能自闭症(HFA)。目前还没有研究评估异常的注意力过程如何影响 HFA 的运动功能。在这项研究中,我们评估了 15 名未经药物治疗的 HFA 患者和 15 名健康儿童(HC)的注意力和运动功能,以及 HFA 中注意力功能障碍与运动障碍之间的可能联系。与 HC 相比,HFA 组在相当多的注意力过程中严重受损,并且表现出更多的运动异常。在 HFA 组中观察到注意力缺陷与运动异常之间存在显著相关性。这些初步发现表明,注意力过程的缺陷可能与 HFA 中的运动异常有关。