Gross Motor Development, Movement Abnormalities, and Early Identification of Autism

Sally Ozonoff; Gregory Young; Stacy Goldring; Laura Greiss  Hess; Andriana Herrera; Joel Steele; Suzanne Macari; Susan Hepburn; Sally Rogers

Gross Motor Development, Movement Abnormalities, and Early Identification of Autism

Sally Ozonoff
, Gregory Young
, Stacy Goldring
, Laura Greiss Hess
, Andriana Herrera
, Joel Steele
, Suzanne Macari
, Susan Hepburn
, Sally Rogers

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Abstract

Gross motor development (supine, prone, rolling, sitting, crawling, walking) and movement abnormalities were examined in the home videos of infants later diagnosed with autism (regression and no regression subgroups), developmental delays (DD), or typical development. Group differences in maturity were found for walking, prone, and supine, with the DD and Autism-No Regression groups both showing later developing motor maturity than typical children. The only statistically significant differences in movement abnormalities were in the DD group; the two autism groups did not differ from the typical group in rates of movement abnormalities or lack of protective responses. These findings do not replicate previous investigations suggesting that early motor abnormalities seen on home video can assist in early identification of autism.

Original language	American English
Pages (from-to)	644-656
Number of pages	13
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	38
Issue number	4
State	Published - Apr 1 2008
Externally published	Yes

Funding

Acknowledgments The work in this manuscript was supported by grant U19 HD35468 from the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The authors would like to acknowledge Karim Bayanzay, Corinna Conway, Jackelynn Dao, Naomi Ekas, Jason Gray, Elizabeth Loomer, Matthew Ong, Angela Shih, and Christina Siller who coded the many hours of video presented here, as well as Diane Larzelere who prepared the manuscript. We are very grateful to Grace Baranek for sharing her content coding system with us. We are also greatly indebted to the many families who shared their home videotapes and the lives of their families with us.

Funders	Funder number
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development	U19HD035468

ASJC Scopus Subject Areas

Developmental and Educational Psychology

Keywords

Autism
Motor
Early identification
Severity of Illness Index
Videotape Recording
Autistic Disorder/diagnosis
Humans
Child, Preschool
Male
Movement Disorders/diagnosis
Female
Motor Skills Disorders/diagnosis
Child
Early Diagnosis

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Occupational Therapy

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