MOTOR PROFICIENCY IN RELATION TO COGNITIVE FUNCTIONS AND SEVERITY IN CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS

Cairo University64 enrolled

Overview

To investigate the relationship between cognitive function, the severity of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), and the development of fine and gross motor skills in children with ASD

A sample of 64 children with autism aged from 5 to 12 years recruited from centres and schools of special needs for intellectual and developmental disabilities to measure cognitive function using the Raven's Progressive Matrices and measure the severity of autism using the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS). These assessments will then be compared with the children's fine and gross motor abilities

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Autism Spectrum Disorder

Interventions

measuring cognitive functions, severity of autism , gross and fine motor skillsBEHAVIORAL

measuring cognitive functions by RAVEN measuring severity by CARS measuring fine and gross motor functions by BOT2

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 5 YearsMax age: 12 Years

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Inclusion criteria: 1. Children had been diagnosed with ASD. 2. Their chronological age ranged from 5 years to 12 years. 3. Intelligence quotient (IQ) ranged from 55 to 85. Exclusion criteria: Any child with the following criteria would be directly excluded from the evaluation for the consistency of the sample and statistically obtained results: 1. The child with ASD and other motor disabilities. 2. Visual or hearing impairment.

Locations (1)

Faculty of physical therapy cairo university

Cairo, Dokki, Egypt

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

measuring motor proficiency (gross & fine motor skills ) by using BOT2 scale

Time frame: 12 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

measuring cognitive functions by RAVEN Progressive matrices

this scale items like puzzle and the child must extract the missed part from six choices

Time frame: 12 weeks

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