TY - JOUR
T1 - Improving motor skills and psychosocial behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder through an adapted judo program
AU - Morales, Jose
AU - Pierantozzi, Emanuela
AU - Fukuda, David H.
AU - Garcia, Vanessa
AU - Guerra-Balic, Miriam
AU - Sevilla-Sánchez, Marta
AU - Carballeira, Eduardo
N1 - Funding Information:
This study has been partially funded by a Ramon Llull University grant (ref. CER-URL-2019) and Erasmus+ Sport Programme (Project Identifier: 612954-EPP-1-2019-1-ES-SPO-SCP).
Funding Information:
We want to acknowledge all the participants and volunteers from Club Judo Louis for participating in this study. We thank the autism organizations (Autismo Barcelona) for their support during the study design and their advice for assessing children. However, the adapted judo program’s content was built on discussions between all project partners. We are particularly grateful to these additional working group members: James Mulroy (Judo Assist Ireland), Tycho van der Weff (Special Needs Judo Foundation), Cecilia Evenblij (Swiss Judo Federation), Luigina Desopo (Judo in Armonia), and Tomas Rundqvist (Swedish Judo Federation).
Publisher Copyright:
Copyright © 2022 Morales, Pierantozzi, Fukuda, Garcia, Guerra-Balic, Sevilla-Sánchez and Carballeira.
PY - 2022/11/29
Y1 - 2022/11/29
N2 - Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the long-term effects of an adapted judo program on the motor skills and psychosocial abilities of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Methods: All participants had been diagnosed with ASD and were assessed twice, one time at the start of the intervention and again 6 months later, with the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-3) and the Gilliam Autism Rating Scale-Third Edition (GARS-3). A one-way repeated measures MANOVA was carried out in order to evaluate these assessments, and a mediation analysis was done to determine the relationship between them. Results: The experimental group significantly improved (p < 0.05) from the pre-test to the post-test for several subtests of the TGMD-3 and the GARS-3. Conclusion: The study shows that participation in an adapted judo program clearly helps to improve the motor skills and psychosocial behaviors of children with ASD.
AB - Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the long-term effects of an adapted judo program on the motor skills and psychosocial abilities of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Methods: All participants had been diagnosed with ASD and were assessed twice, one time at the start of the intervention and again 6 months later, with the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-3) and the Gilliam Autism Rating Scale-Third Edition (GARS-3). A one-way repeated measures MANOVA was carried out in order to evaluate these assessments, and a mediation analysis was done to determine the relationship between them. Results: The experimental group significantly improved (p < 0.05) from the pre-test to the post-test for several subtests of the TGMD-3 and the GARS-3. Conclusion: The study shows that participation in an adapted judo program clearly helps to improve the motor skills and psychosocial behaviors of children with ASD.
KW - ASD
KW - GARS
KW - TGMD
KW - adapted sports
KW - combat sports
KW - intellectual disabilities
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U2 - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1067310
DO - 10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1067310
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85143890036
SN - 1664-1078
VL - 13
JO - Frontiers in Psychology
JF - Frontiers in Psychology
M1 - 1067310
ER -