Postural Control Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role of Sensory Integration

Michail Doumas; Roisin McKenna; Blain Murphy

doi:10.1007/s10803-015-2621-4

Postural Control Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role of Sensory Integration

Michail Doumas, Roisin McKenna, Blain Murphy

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Abstract

We investigated the nature of sensory integration deficits in postural control of young adults with ASD. Postural control was assessed in a fixed environment, and in three environments in which sensory information about body sway from visual, proprioceptive or both channels was inaccurate. Furthermore, two levels of inaccurate information were used within each channel (gain 1 and 1.6). ASD participants showed greater postural sway when information from proprioceptive and both channels were inaccurate. In addition, control participants' ellipse area at gain 1.6 was identical to ASD participants' at gain 1, reflecting hyper-reactivity in ASD. Our results provide evidence for hyper-reactivity in posture-related sensory information, which reflects a general, rather than channel-specific sensory integration impairment in ASD.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	853-861
Journal	Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders
Volume	46
Issue number	3
Early online date	07 Oct 2015
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2621-4
Publication status	Published - Mar 2016

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Doumas, M., McKenna, R., & Murphy, B. (2016). Postural Control Deficits in Autism Spectrum Disorder: The Role of Sensory Integration. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 46(3), 853-861. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-015-2621-4

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