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- Title
An Examination of Movement Kinematics in Young People with High-functioning Autism and Asperger’s Disorder: Further Evidence for a Motor Planning Deficit.
- Authors
Rinehart, Nicole J.; Bellgrove, Mark A.; Tonge, Bruce J.; Brereton, Avril V.; Howells-Rankin, Debra; Bradshaw, John L.
- Abstract
This paper examines upper-body movement kinematics in individuals with high-functioning autism (HFA) and Asperger’s disorder (AD). In general, the results indicate that HFA is more consistently associated with impaired motoric preparation/initiation than AD. The data further suggest that this quantitative difference in motor impairment is not necessarily underpinned by greater executive dysfunction vulnerability in autism relative to AD. Quantitative motoric dissociation between autism and AD may have down-stream effects on later stages of movement resulting in qualitative differences between these disorder groups, e.g. “motor clumsiness” in AD versus “abnormal posturing” in autism. It will be important for future research to map the developmental trajectory of motor abnormalities in these disorder groups.
- Subjects
KINEMATICS; BODY movement; AUTISM; ASPERGER'S syndrome; MOTOR ability; CLUMSINESS; MOVEMENT disorders; DEVELOPMENTAL disabilities; NEUROLOGICAL disorders
- Publication
Journal of Autism & Developmental Disorders, 2006, Vol 36, Issue 6, p757
- ISSN
0162-3257
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s10803-006-0118-x