Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Patterns of Participation in Daily Physical and Play Activities

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) indicates several neurodevelopmental impairments which may end in impairments in motor or physical activities. Daily physical activity involvement was investigated in a total of 83 children (52 boys and 31 girls) with ASD aged 6–15 years. Results indicated that only 10...

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Autores principales: Memari, Amir Hossein, Panahi, Nekoo, Ranjbar, Elaheh, Moshayedi, Pouria, Shafiei, Masih, Kordi, Ramin, Ziaee, Vahid
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4485548/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26171247
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/531906
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author Memari, Amir Hossein
Panahi, Nekoo
Ranjbar, Elaheh
Moshayedi, Pouria
Shafiei, Masih
Kordi, Ramin
Ziaee, Vahid
author_facet Memari, Amir Hossein
Panahi, Nekoo
Ranjbar, Elaheh
Moshayedi, Pouria
Shafiei, Masih
Kordi, Ramin
Ziaee, Vahid
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description Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) indicates several neurodevelopmental impairments which may end in impairments in motor or physical activities. Daily physical activity involvement was investigated in a total of 83 children (52 boys and 31 girls) with ASD aged 6–15 years. Results indicated that only 10 (12%) of children with ASD were physically active. Children were predominantly engaged in solitary play rather than social play activities. Gender, family income, and household structure were found to be associated with activity scores. Financial burden and lack of opportunities were noted as the leading barriers to physical activities. In conclusion, findings indicated a low rate of physical activity participation in children with ASD that is closely associated with sociodemographic variables.
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spelling pubmed-44855482015-07-13 Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Patterns of Participation in Daily Physical and Play Activities Memari, Amir Hossein Panahi, Nekoo Ranjbar, Elaheh Moshayedi, Pouria Shafiei, Masih Kordi, Ramin Ziaee, Vahid Neurol Res Int Research Article Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) indicates several neurodevelopmental impairments which may end in impairments in motor or physical activities. Daily physical activity involvement was investigated in a total of 83 children (52 boys and 31 girls) with ASD aged 6–15 years. Results indicated that only 10 (12%) of children with ASD were physically active. Children were predominantly engaged in solitary play rather than social play activities. Gender, family income, and household structure were found to be associated with activity scores. Financial burden and lack of opportunities were noted as the leading barriers to physical activities. In conclusion, findings indicated a low rate of physical activity participation in children with ASD that is closely associated with sociodemographic variables. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2015 2015-06-15 /pmc/articles/PMC4485548/ /pubmed/26171247 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2015/531906 Text en Copyright © 2015 Amir Hossein Memari et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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