Does Symptom Severity Moderate the Relationship Between Body Mass Index and Motor Competence in Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders? An Exploratory Study.

IF 1.7 3区医学 Q2 REHABILITATION

Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly Pub Date : 2022-04-13 DOI:10.1123/apaq.2021-0163

Yu Song, Bo Shen, Liansan Dong, Yanli Pang, J. Bo

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Abstract

To date, there has been little research considering both autism spectrum disorder (ASD) symptom severity and motor impairment simultaneously when investigating their associations with obesity. This study was designed to identify the moderating role of symptom severity in the relationship between motor competence and overweight/obesity for children with ASD. Seventy-eight children with a clinical diagnosis were recruited from a large autism rehabilitation center in Wuhan, China. Chi-square, partial correlation, and moderation regression analyses revealed that the prevalence of overweight and obesity was similar regardless of symptom severity. Balance was the only motor skill that correlated with body mass index. Furthermore, symptom severity significantly moderated the correlation. Children with low autism severity might be more likely to demonstrate the relationship between balance and body mass index than those with high autism severity. Combating obesity by enhancing motor competence should cautiously consider personal and environment factors such as individual severity of ASD.

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症状严重程度是否能缓和自闭症谱系障碍儿童体重指数与运动能力的关系?探索性研究。

迄今为止，在调查自闭症谱系障碍(ASD)症状严重程度和运动障碍与肥胖的关系时，很少有研究同时考虑它们。本研究旨在确定症状严重程度在ASD儿童运动能力和超重/肥胖之间的关系中的调节作用。从中国武汉的一家大型自闭症康复中心招募了78名临床诊断为自闭症的儿童。卡方、偏相关和适度回归分析显示，无论症状严重程度如何，超重和肥胖的患病率相似。平衡是唯一与身体质量指数相关的运动技能。此外，症状严重程度显著降低了相关性。自闭症严重程度低的儿童可能比自闭症严重程度高的儿童更容易表现出平衡和体重指数之间的关系。通过提高运动能力来对抗肥胖应谨慎考虑个人和环境因素，如个体ASD的严重程度。

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Adapted Physical Activity Quarterly 医学-康复医学

CiteScore

3.00

自引率

10.50%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： APAQ is an international, peer-reviewed, multidisciplinary journal designed to stimulate and communicate scholarly inquiry relating to physical activity that is adapted in order to enable and enhance performance and participation in people with disability. Physical activity implies fine, gross, functional, and interpretive movement including physical education, recreation, exercise, sport, and dance. The focus of adaptation may be the activity or task that is to be performed, environment and facilities, equipment, instructional methodology, and/or rules governing the performance setting. Among the populations considered are persons with motor, intellectual, sensory, and mental or other disabilities across the life span. Disciplines from which scholarship to this aim may originate include, but are not limited to, physical education, teacher preparation, human development, motor behavior and learning, biomechanics, exercise and sport physiology, and exercise and sport psychology. Scientific inquiry may originate from quantitative or qualitative inquiry, as well as from multimethod designs.