Abnormal Motor Function and Autism

Abstract

Investigators from Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, recorded the gait characteristics and prevalence of toe walking, the range of passive joint mobility, and age at walking in children with DSM IV autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) and in age- and gender-matched healthy peers (mean age 4 years 6 months, range 22 months – 10 years 9 months).

Keywords

• autism spectrum disorders
• posturing
• apraxic