[article]
| Titre : |
Motor Performance in Autistic Youth From Childhood Through Adolescence: Evidence for Both Sustained and Widening Group Differences |
| Type de document : |
texte imprimé |
| Auteurs : |
Allison R. BLOCK, Auteur ; Emily C. SKALETSKI, Auteur ; Claire M. SHEEDY, Auteur ; Ella A. VANDERPOOL, Auteur ; Brittany G. TRAVERS, Auteur |
| Article en page(s) : |
e70211 |
| Langues : |
Anglais (eng) |
| Mots-clés : |
adolescent autism spectrum disorder child hand strength motor skills psychomotor performance |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
ABSTRACT Although motor-skill differences in autistic individuals are well established, there is diverging evidence regarding what happens to motor skills in autistic children as they become adolescents. Using both cross-sectional and longitudinal data, we examined fine and gross motor skills and grip strength of 187 autistic participants and 136 non-autistic participants (i.e., with no known diagnoses), aged 6?18?years-old. Participants completed the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-Short Form, Second Edition (BOT-2 SF), and maximal grip strength testing. Linear mixed-effects regression analyses indicated motor-skill differences between autistic and non-autistic participants across this age range; however, the nature of these differences depended on the specific motor domain (i.e., strength) and measure. Specifically, grip strength and BOT-2 SF strength subtest scores showed widening group differences with increasing age, whereas overall BOT-2 SF scores and subtests showed sustained or narrowing group differences through adolescence. However, items on the BOT-2 SF also demonstrated substantial ceiling effects, which may obscure later group differences between autistic and non-autistic participants and highlight the need for measures that encompass a greater range of motor skills into adolescence. These findings have important implications for healthcare, education, and community supports that address age-related motor differences within the autistic population. |
| En ligne : |
https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.70211 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=585 |
in Autism Research > 19-4 (April 2026) . - e70211
[article] Motor Performance in Autistic Youth From Childhood Through Adolescence: Evidence for Both Sustained and Widening Group Differences [texte imprimé] / Allison R. BLOCK, Auteur ; Emily C. SKALETSKI, Auteur ; Claire M. SHEEDY, Auteur ; Ella A. VANDERPOOL, Auteur ; Brittany G. TRAVERS, Auteur . - e70211. Langues : Anglais ( eng) in Autism Research > 19-4 (April 2026) . - e70211
| Mots-clés : |
adolescent autism spectrum disorder child hand strength motor skills psychomotor performance |
| Index. décimale : |
PER Périodiques |
| Résumé : |
ABSTRACT Although motor-skill differences in autistic individuals are well established, there is diverging evidence regarding what happens to motor skills in autistic children as they become adolescents. Using both cross-sectional and longitudinal data, we examined fine and gross motor skills and grip strength of 187 autistic participants and 136 non-autistic participants (i.e., with no known diagnoses), aged 6?18?years-old. Participants completed the Bruininks-Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency-Short Form, Second Edition (BOT-2 SF), and maximal grip strength testing. Linear mixed-effects regression analyses indicated motor-skill differences between autistic and non-autistic participants across this age range; however, the nature of these differences depended on the specific motor domain (i.e., strength) and measure. Specifically, grip strength and BOT-2 SF strength subtest scores showed widening group differences with increasing age, whereas overall BOT-2 SF scores and subtests showed sustained or narrowing group differences through adolescence. However, items on the BOT-2 SF also demonstrated substantial ceiling effects, which may obscure later group differences between autistic and non-autistic participants and highlight the need for measures that encompass a greater range of motor skills into adolescence. These findings have important implications for healthcare, education, and community supports that address age-related motor differences within the autistic population. |
| En ligne : |
https://doi.org/10.1002/aur.70211 |
| Permalink : |
https://www.cra-rhone-alpes.org/cid/opac_css/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=585 |
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Motor Performance in Autistic Youth From Childhood Through Adolescence: Evidence for Both Sustained and Widening Group Differences in Autism Research, 19-4 (April 2026)
