Research progress on sports interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder

GENG Hui; FU Tao

doi:10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.12.037

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GENG Hui, FU Tao. Research progress on sports interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2022, 43(12): 1915-1920. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.12.037

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GENG Hui, FU Tao. Research progress on sports interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder[J]. CHINESE JOURNAL OF SCHOOL HEALTH, 2022, 43(12): 1915-1920. doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.12.037

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Research progress on sports interventions for children with autism spectrum disorder

doi: 10.16835/j.cnki.1000-9817.2022.12.037

GENG Hui,
FU Tao^,

College of Sports and Health, Tianjin University of Sports, Tianjin(301617), China

Received Date: 2022-05-24
Rev Recd Date: 2022-07-10

Available Online: 2022-12-30

Publish Date: 2022-12-25

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The annual increase in the prevalence of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has raised public concern about the health of this population, which in turn underscores the need of developing effective treatments. In addition to routine rehabilitation, physical activity is an effective intervention for children with ASD. Through systematic review of the literature on physical education interventions on children with ASD, this article revealed that such interventions had positive effects on core symptoms, motor skills, executive functioning, emotions, perception and other functions related to these symptoms in children with ASD, which could provide theoretical support and new ideas for sports rehabilitation research aimed at children with ASD.
- Autistic disorder,
- Sports,
- Intervention,
- Child

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