Effect of visual information on postural control in adults with autism spectrum disorder Show others and affiliations
2019 (English) In: Journal of autism and developmental disorders, ISSN 0162-3257, E-ISSN 1573-3432, Vol. 49, no 12, p. 4731-4739Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Sensory processing difficulties affect the development of sensorimotor skills in individuals with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). However, the effect of sensory information on postural control is unclear in the ASD adult population. The present study examined the effect of visual information on postural control as well as the attentional demands associated with postural control in fourteen adults with ASD and seventeen typically developed adults. The results showed that postural sway and attention demands of postural control were larger in adults with ASD than in typically developed adults. These findings indicate that visual processing used for postural control may be different in adults with ASD. Further research in visual field processing and visual motion processing may elucidate these sensorimotor differences.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages Springer, 2019. Vol. 49, no 12, p. 4731-4739
Keywords [en]
Attention, Autistic disorder, Postural balance, Sensorimotor, Sensory information, Visual processing
National Category
Neurology
Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-42301 DOI: 10.1007/s10803-018-3634-6 ISI: 000495241300003 PubMedID: 29882108 Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85048102403 Local ID: ;HHJCHILDIS OAI: oai:DiVA.org:hj-42301 DiVA, id: diva2:1270811
2018-12-142018-12-142023-05-08 Bibliographically approved