@article{b89c17d3cfa64751bb6b7e39e9c74d3f,
title = "Relationship between motor skill impairment and severity in children with Asperger syndrome",
abstract = "This study examined the correlation between severity and motor impairment in children with Asperger syndrome (AS). Children, ages 6-12 with AS (N = 51) and a control group of typical children (N = 56), were assessed using the Social Responsiveness Scale (SRS) and the Movement Assessment Battery For Children (MABC). A bivariate correlational design was used to compare the scores (Spearman rank correlational coefficient). Significant differences were seen between typical, mild to moderate and severe categories of SRS scores, based on the Kruskal-Wallis one-way analysis of variance by ranks (p < .05). Strong correlations were found between the MABC motor impairment levels and the SRS severity levels. This study adds a clearer understanding of the relationship between motor impairment and severity for children with AS. The degree of correlation indicates that motor skill impairment is a function of severity within AS.",
keywords = "Autism spectrum disorder, Balance skills, Ball skills, Manual dexterity, Pervasive developmental disorder",
author = "Claudia Hilton and Lyndsay Wente and Patricia LaVesser and Max Ito and Carol Reed and Georgiana Herzberg",
note = "Funding Information: The authors are thankful to Kate Graver, Jessica Reinken, Andrea Runzi, Mary Crouch, and Nicolle Drew for their tireless commitment to the completion of the data collection. They would like to thank Betty Schaefer, Cathy Crouch, Valerie Harbolovic; Sonia O{\textquoteright}Donnell, Lynda Cordry, Tami Morrissey, Deb Dolan, Barb Eckels, Nancy Vanderweile Milligan, Jackie Kilburn, Lois Ehrhard, Joan Smith, Tina Kreummel, Nancy Buchholz, Lori Thompson, Marla Johnson, and Lou Pruitt for their help in finding subjects and coordinating test sites. They are thankful to Charlotte Royeen, Dean of the College of Health Sciences at Saint Louis University, for funding a portion of this research. They would like to thank Diane Lynn Smith, Heidi Israel, Randy Richter, William Siler, William Hart, and Karen Barney, for their help with problem solving. They would like to thank the many wonderful mothers, fathers, and children who volunteered to participate in the study, many of whom traveled several hours to the test sites. Finally, they are thankful for the support from Kathlyn and Frederick A. List, Jr.; from Sabrina, Marshall and Ramsey Hilton; and from Scott List and Meghan Lamb List. ",
year = "2007",
month = oct,
doi = "10.1016/j.rasd.2006.12.003",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "1",
pages = "339--349",
journal = "Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders",
issn = "1750-9467",
publisher = "Elsevier Ltd",
number = "4",
}