Deakin Child Study Centre, School of Psychology, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD, USA.
J Autism Dev Disord. 2022 Jan;52(1):402-413. doi: 10.1007/s10803-021-04933-w. Epub 2021 Mar 13.
This non-randomised pilot study evaluated the impact of a community football program on motor ability in children aged 5-12 years with autism spectrum disorder. Sixteen children were evaluated at baseline-and-post attendance in a football program for a varied number of weeks and compared to 19 children engaging in treatment-as-usual. Primary analyses indicated a statistically significant increase in total MABC-2, aiming and catching, and balance scores for the intervention group, with no changes in scores in the comparison group. There were no changes in manual dexterity across either group. At a between group level, the changes in aiming and catching scores were significantly greater for the intervention group. Further analyses highlighted the potential importance of social impairments regarding aiming and catching.
本非随机试点研究评估了社区足球项目对 5-12 岁自闭症谱系障碍儿童运动能力的影响。16 名儿童在参加足球项目的不同周数后进行了基线和随访评估，并与 19 名接受常规治疗的儿童进行了比较。主要分析表明，干预组的 MABC-2 总分、瞄准和接球以及平衡得分有统计学意义上的显著增加，而对照组的得分没有变化。两组的手眼协调能力均无变化。在组间水平上，干预组的瞄准和接球得分的变化明显更大。进一步的分析强调了社交障碍对视动和接球的潜在重要性。
