Response to vestibular sensory events in autism

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 67-74

  Kern, Janet K ^a   Garver, Carolyn R ^b   Grannemann, Bruce D ^a   Trivedi, Madhukar H ^a   Carmody, Thomas ^a   Andrews, Alonzo A ^c   Mehta, Jyutika A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Autism Treatment Center   (United States)

^c Autism Treatment Center   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism; Sensory processing; Thresholds; Vestibular

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; GENDER; HEALTH CARE NEED; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE; SENSORY DYSFUNCTION; SENSORY STIMULATION; SENSORY SYSTEM; VESTIBULAR FUNCTION; VESTIBULAR SYSTEM;

EID: 34247860867     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2006.07.006     Document Type: Article

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