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Early gross motor skills predict the subsequent development of language in children with autism spectrum disorder
Background: Motor milestones such as the onset of walking are important developmental markers, not only for later motor skills but also for more widespread social‐cognitive development. The aim of the current study was to test whether gross motor abilities, specifically the onset of walking, predict...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26692550 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.1587 |
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author | Bedford, Rachael Pickles, Andrew Lord, Catherine |
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description | Background: Motor milestones such as the onset of walking are important developmental markers, not only for later motor skills but also for more widespread social‐cognitive development. The aim of the current study was to test whether gross motor abilities, specifically the onset of walking, predicted the subsequent rate of language development in a large cohort of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Methods: We ran growth curve models for expressive and receptive language measured at 2, 3, 5 and 9 years in 209 autistic children. Measures of gross motor, visual reception and autism symptoms were collected at the 2 year visit. In Model 1, walking onset was included as a predictor of the slope of language development. Model 2 included a measure of non‐verbal IQ and autism symptom severity as covariates. The final model, Model 3, additionally covaried for gross motor ability. Results: In the first model, parent‐reported age of walking onset significantly predicted the subsequent rate of language development although the relationship became non‐significant when gross motor skill, non‐verbal ability and autism severity scores were included (Models 2 & 3). Gross motor score, however, did remain a significant predictor of both expressive and receptive language development. Conclusions: Taken together, the model results provide some evidence that early motor abilities in young children with ASD can have longitudinal cross‐domain influences, potentially contributing, in part, to the linguistic difficulties that characterise ASD. Autism Res 2016, 9: 993–1001. © 2015 The Authors Autism Research published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Society for Autism Research |
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spelling | pubmed-50312192016-10-03 Early gross motor skills predict the subsequent development of language in children with autism spectrum disorder Bedford, Rachael Pickles, Andrew Lord, Catherine Autism Res Research Articles Background: Motor milestones such as the onset of walking are important developmental markers, not only for later motor skills but also for more widespread social‐cognitive development. The aim of the current study was to test whether gross motor abilities, specifically the onset of walking, predicted the subsequent rate of language development in a large cohort of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Methods: We ran growth curve models for expressive and receptive language measured at 2, 3, 5 and 9 years in 209 autistic children. Measures of gross motor, visual reception and autism symptoms were collected at the 2 year visit. In Model 1, walking onset was included as a predictor of the slope of language development. Model 2 included a measure of non‐verbal IQ and autism symptom severity as covariates. The final model, Model 3, additionally covaried for gross motor ability. Results: In the first model, parent‐reported age of walking onset significantly predicted the subsequent rate of language development although the relationship became non‐significant when gross motor skill, non‐verbal ability and autism severity scores were included (Models 2 & 3). Gross motor score, however, did remain a significant predictor of both expressive and receptive language development. Conclusions: Taken together, the model results provide some evidence that early motor abilities in young children with ASD can have longitudinal cross‐domain influences, potentially contributing, in part, to the linguistic difficulties that characterise ASD. Autism Res 2016, 9: 993–1001. © 2015 The Authors Autism Research published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Society for Autism Research John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2015-12-22 2016-09 /pmc/articles/PMC5031219/ /pubmed/26692550 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.1587 Text en © 2015 The Authors Autism Research published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of International Society for Autism Research This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Articles Bedford, Rachael Pickles, Andrew Lord, Catherine Early gross motor skills predict the subsequent development of language in children with autism spectrum disorder |
title | Early gross motor skills predict the subsequent development of language in children with autism spectrum disorder |
title_full | Early gross motor skills predict the subsequent development of language in children with autism spectrum disorder |
title_fullStr | Early gross motor skills predict the subsequent development of language in children with autism spectrum disorder |
title_full_unstemmed | Early gross motor skills predict the subsequent development of language in children with autism spectrum disorder |
title_short | Early gross motor skills predict the subsequent development of language in children with autism spectrum disorder |
title_sort | early gross motor skills predict the subsequent development of language in children with autism spectrum disorder |
topic | Research Articles |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5031219/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26692550 http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aur.1587 |
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