Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Coordination Disorder, and typical development differ in characteristics of dynamic postural control: A preliminary study

Miller, Haylie L.; Caçola, Priscila; Sherrod, Gabriela; Patterson, Rita M.; Bugnariu, Nicoleta L.

doi:10.1016/j.gaitpost.2018.08.038

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“…This wide range of difficulties, which typically present in childhood, can impact the ability of people with ASD to acquire basic and important cognitive and motor skills required for typical lifelong development [Marko et al, 2015]. Besides the sensorial deficits, motor impairments have been commonly described in children and adolescents with ASD, such as lack of mimicry in abilities, interpersonal synchronization and motor coordination [Xavier et al, 2018], poor accuracy [Lindor, Rinehart, & Fielding, 2018], impairments in postural control [Miller, Cacola, Sherrod, Patterson, & Bugnariu, 2019], motor impairments in balance, gait, and coordination as well as autismspecific impairments in praxis/motor planning [Kaur, M Srinivasan, & N Bhat, 2018], and attentional engagement capacity [Bryson et al, 2018]. These findings raise questions regarding development of motor control and proprioception in young people with ASD [Xavier et al, 2018] and suggest that new approaches should be considered in order to enhance motor performance.…”

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Motor learning and transfer between real and virtual environments in young people with autism spectrum disorder: A prospective randomized cross over controlled trial

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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is associated with persistent deficits in social communication and social interaction, including impaired multisensory integration, which might negatively impact cognitive and motor skill performance, and hence negatively affect learning of tasks. Considering that tasks in virtual environment may provide an engaging tool as adjuncts to conventional therapies, we set out to compare motor performance between young people with ASD and a typically developing (TD) control group that underwent coincident timing tasks based on Kinect (no physical contact) and on Keyboard (with physical contact) environments. Using a randomized repeated cross‐over controlled trial design, 50 young people with ASD and 50 with TD, matched by age and sex were divided into subgroups of 25 people that performed the two first phases of the study (acquisition and retention) on the same device—real or virtual—and then switched to the other device to repeat acquisition and retention phases and finally switched on to a touch screen (transfer phase). Results showed that practice in the virtual task was more difficult (producing more errors), but led to a better performance in the subsequent practice in the real task, with more pronounced improvement in the ASD as compared to the TD group. It can be concluded that the ASD group managed to transfer the practice from a virtual to a real environment, indicating that virtual methods may enhance learning of motor and cognitive skills. A need for further exploration of its effect across a number of tasks and activities is warranted. Autism Res 2020, 13: 307–319. © 2019 International Society for Autism Research, Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Lay Summary Individuals with autism spectrum disorder are known to have difficulties with learning motor tasks. Considering that performing motor tasks in virtual environment may be an engaging tool as adjuncts to conventional therapies, we aimed to estimate performance in tasks regardless of physical touch. Results showed that participants had more difficulty using the non‐touch task; however, virtual training improved performance on the physical (real) task. This result indicates that virtual methods could be a promising therapeutic approach for the ASD population.

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Motor learning and transfer between real and virtual environments in young people with autism spectrum disorder: A prospective randomized cross over controlled trial

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“…In the related research on SL, we find that the step size variability of healthy people is not significant under different conditions [30], so we do not need to calculate the coefficient of variation of stride length like stride time. Furthermore, the velocity of center of pressure and its higher derivatives also reflect postural control performance [13]- [14]. Haylie L. Miller et al [13] found, in their study on the moving velocity of center of pressure (CoPv) and the acceleration of center of pressure (CoPa), that children with autism and developmental disorders had poor attitude control abilities compared with typically developing children.…”

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“…Furthermore, the velocity of center of pressure and its higher derivatives also reflect postural control performance [13]- [14]. Haylie L. Miller et al [13] found, in their study on the moving velocity of center of pressure (CoPv) and the acceleration of center of pressure (CoPa), that children with autism and developmental disorders had poor attitude control abilities compared with typically developing children.…”

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The Influence of Treadmill on Postural Control

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When people walk on a treadmill, significant differences exist in postural control if compared to walking on the ground. In this paper, a method combining linear and nonlinear analysis is proposed to evaluate the walking postural control ability. In this method, the movements of the upper body and the feet are analyzed separately, because these parts have more capacity to reflect the characteristics of people's gait. On this basis, the linear and nonlinear indicators of each part are analyzed, and the postural control ability is evaluated. The method is validated by three healthy subjects walking on both the treadmill and the ground. In treadmill walking case, the results show a smaller upper trunk acceleration (UTa) in the anterior-posterior (AP) direction. In the foot movement analysis, there are significant differences in the performance indexes related to the center of pressure (CoP) when people are walking on the treadmill and the ground. When walking on the treadmill, the velocity, acceleration, and jerk of the CoP in the AP direction are smaller than those in the ground walking case. Besides, when people walk on treadmills at uniform speeds, their feet accelerate is less in the vertical direction, and they have shorter stride length (SL) and longer stride time (ST). These results suggest that people have better postural control when walking on a treadmill. This method can be used as a means of assessing people's behavior when walking on various situations by evaluating their control posture ability.

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“…However, VR treatments could be accompanied by unwanted side effects such as nausea and headache, which are referred to as simulator sickness or cyber sickness (68). Although previous studies adopting Grail demonstrated its acceptability by clinical paediatric samples (40,69), in case a participant should present cyber sickness symptoms the session will be interrupted until her/his sickness ends. Any episode of cyber sickness will be recorded by the Grail therapist and considered for evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention.…”

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Virtual Reality Social Prediction Improvement and Rehabilitation Intensive Training (VR-SPIRIT) for paediatric patients with congenital cerebellar diseases: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.

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Background: Patients with cerebellar malformations exhibit not only movement problems, but also important deficits in social cognition. Thus, rehabilitation approaches should not only involve the recovery of motor function but also of higher-order abilities, such as processing of social stimuli. In keeping with the general role of the cerebellum in anticipating and predicting events, we used a VR-based rehabilitation system to implement a social cognition intensive training specifically tailored to improve predictive abilities in social scenarios (VR-Spirit).Methods: The study is an interventional randomized controlled trial that aims to recruit 42 children, adolescents and young adults with congenital cerebellar malformations, randomly allocated to the experimental or active control group. The experimental group is administered the VR-Spirit, requiring the participants to compete with different avatars in the reaching of recreational equipment and implicitly prompting them to form expectations about their playing preference. The active control group participates to a VR-training with standard games currently adopted for motor rehabilitation. Both trainings are composed by 8 45-minute sessions and are administered in the GRAIL VR-Lab (Motekforce Link, NL), an integrated platform that allows patients to move in natural and attractive VR environments. An evaluation session in VR with the same paradigm used in the VR-Spirit but implemented in a different scenario is administered at the beginning (T0) of the two trainings (T1) and at the end (T2). Moreover, a battery of neurocognitive tests spanning different domains are administered to all participants at T0, T2 and in a follow-up session after two months from the end of the two trainings (T3).Discussion: This study offers a novel approach for rehabilitation based on specific neural mechanisms of the cerebellum. We aim to investigate the feasibility and efficacy of a new intensive social cognition training in a sample of Italian patients aged 7-25 years with congenital cerebellar malformations. We expect that VR-Spirit could enhance social prediction ability and indirectly improve cognitive performance in diverse domains. Moreover, through the comparison with a VR-active control training we aim to verify the specificity of VR-Spirit in improving social perception skills.Trial registration: ISRCTN, ISRCTN 22332873. Retrospectively registered on 12 March 2018. http://www.isrctn.com/ISRCTN22332873Keywords: Virtual reality; Social cognition training; Cerebellum; Paediatric patients; Rehabilitation; Grail.

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Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Developmental Coordination Disorder, and typical development differ in characteristics of dynamic postural control: A preliminary study

Cited by 37 publications

References 20 publications

Motor learning and transfer between real and virtual environments in young people with autism spectrum disorder: A prospective randomized cross over controlled trial

Motor learning and transfer between real and virtual environments in young people with autism spectrum disorder: A prospective randomized cross over controlled trial

The Influence of Treadmill on Postural Control

Virtual Reality Social Prediction Improvement and Rehabilitation Intensive Training (VR-SPIRIT) for paediatric patients with congenital cerebellar diseases: study protocol of a randomized controlled trial.

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