Gross Motor Development, Movement Abnormalities, and Early Identification of Autism

Overview

Journal J Autism Dev Disord

Publisher Springer

Date 2007 Sep 7

PMID 17805956

Citations 105

Authors

Sally Ozonoff

Gregory S Young

Stacy Goldring

Laura Greiss-Hess

Adriana M Herrera

Joel Steele

Suzanne Macari

Susan Hepburn

Sally J Rogers

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Abstract

Gross motor development (supine, prone, rolling, sitting, crawling, walking) and movement abnormalities were examined in the home videos of infants later diagnosed with autism (regression and no regression subgroups), developmental delays (DD), or typical development. Group differences in maturity were found for walking, prone, and supine, with the DD and Autism-No Regression groups both showing later developing motor maturity than typical children. The only statistically significant differences in movement abnormalities were in the DD group; the two autism groups did not differ from the typical group in rates of movement abnormalities or lack of protective responses. These findings do not replicate previous investigations suggesting that early motor abnormalities seen on home video can assist in early identification of autism.

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