Factors Influencing the Effect of Exercise on Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Jianchang Ren; Haili Xiao; Ping Wang

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Factors Influencing the Effect of Exercise on Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Jianchang Ren, Haili Xiao, Ping Wang

Published in International Journal of Sports Science and Physical Education (Volume 7, Issue 3)

Received: 5 September 2022 Accepted: 17 September 2022 Published: 28 September 2022

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Abstract

Autism spectrum disorder is a neurodevelopmental disorder, and the core symptoms of children with autism spectrum disorder are social interaction and communication difficulties, and stereotyped behaviors. Exercise intervention, as a convenient and effective rehabilitation tool, has been shown to improve the core symptoms in children with autism spectrum disorders. This study systematically reviewed the factors influencing the effect of an exercise intervention on children with autism spectrum disorders in the last 10 years of related studies analyzing the effect of exercise intervention. There are a variety of exercise interventions in the literature, all of which can have a good effect on ASD, but there are problems such as incomplete exercise prescriptions, variable program selection, a wide age span of exercise intervention subjects, and subjective scale evaluation for effect evaluation. The analysis concluded that exercise intervention can improve social, communication, and stereotypical behaviors of children with ASD, and different intervention ages, different exercise programs, and different exercise intensities can affect the intervention effects. Exercise interventions should be delivered early, select a moderate-to-high intensity group exercise program, and be in an inclusive exercise environment. Future research can use brain and cognitive neuroscience to study the brain mechanisms of motor interventions and construct more objective evaluation criteria; improve motor prescriptions and explore the optimal age of intervention.

Published in	International Journal of Sports Science and Physical Education (Volume 7, Issue 3)
DOI	10.11648/j.ijsspe.20220703.15
Page(s)	85-90
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Autism Spectrum Disorder, Physical Activity, Exercise Prescription, Influencing Factors

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Jianchang Ren

College of Physical Education and Sports Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Development and Education for Special Needs Children, Lingnan Normal University, Zhanjiang, China
Haili Xiao

College of Physical Education and Sports Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Development and Education for Special Needs Children, Lingnan Normal University, Zhanjiang, China
Ping Wang

College of Physical Education and Sports Science, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Development and Education for Special Needs Children, Lingnan Normal University, Zhanjiang, China

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