Evaluation of Motor Skills, Balance, Dual Task, and Social Adaptation in Individuals with Autism

Overview

The aim of our study is to evaluate motor skills balance, dual task and social adaptation skills in individuals with autism. Our study will be conducted in Bartın Lider Special Education and Rehabilitation Center after ethics committee approval. The sample number determined by power analysis will be included in the study. Socio-demographic characteristics (age, height, body weight, body mass index, education level, exercise and smoking habits, etc.) of the individuals who voluntarily participated in the study will be obtained. The individuals participating in the study will be divided into two groups as individuals with normal motor development and individuals with autism spectrum disorder and the same assessment scales will be used. These assessment scales are TUG, 10 meter walking test, Vineland Adaptive Adaptation Scale, Bruininks-Oseretsky Motor Competence Test. According to the evaluation results, motor skills, functional balance, dual task and social adaptation skills of individuals with autism will be compared with individuals with normal motor development.

Interventions

• Other 10 meter walk test
  The dual task skills of the individuals will be evaluated by adding motor and cognitive tasks to the 10-meter walk test. Tasks given to individuals Single motor task (comfortable walking): The individual is asked to walk at normal speed, the time is recorded Motor-motor dual task: Both hands carry a half-full water bottle, time is recorded Motor-cognitive dual task (mental) : counts backwards from 10 by 1, time is recorded Motor - cognitive dual task (memory) : The individual is asked to say 3
• Other Functional Balance
  It will be assessed with the TUG test. The TUG measures the time it takes for an individual to get up from a chair, walk a distance of 3 meters, turn around, walk back to the chair and sit down again after a ready, go signal.
• Other Social Adaptation Assessment
  Adaptive behavior will be assessed with the Vineland Adaptive Behavior Scales. It is a parent interview designed to assess functioning in daily life. \[35\]Specifically, adaptive behavior is assessed in four domains: Communication, Daily Living, Socialization and Motor skills. Vineland has reliability and current validity. It has been reported to be sensitive to the difficulties experienced by children with ASD
• Other Motor skills and proficiency
  The Bruininks-Oseretsky Motor Proficiency Test (BOT-2) assesses fine motor, hand coordination, body coordination, strength and agility between the ages of 4-21 years.There are 53 items in the BOT-2. In BOT-2, there are four motor domains including fine motor control, hand coordination, body coordination, strength and agility and a total of eight subtests related to these domains.

Primary outcome measures

• 10 meter walk test [Time frame: At enrollment]

Secondary outcome measures (3)

• Functional Balance [Time frame: At enrollment]
• Social Adaptation Assessment [Time frame: At enrollment]
• Motor skills and proficiency [Time frame: At enrollment]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

• Being diagnosed with ASD by a physician
• Children are receiving education in a special education and rehabilitation center
• No vision problems
• Ability to receive and execute commands
• No cognitive problems
• No walking problems

Exclusion criteria

• Individuals with concomitant secondary diseases
• Individuals who have undergone surgery in the last six months

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: Yes

Study design

Observational model

Cohort

Study locations

Turkey (Türkiye) · 1 center

• Kırıkkale University — Kirikkale

Identifiers

NCT: NCT06777186 · Gurbuz07

Primary sources (government registries)

• ClinicalTrials.gov (US NIH)

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