Autism severity and motor abilities correlates of imitation situations in children with autism spectrum disorders

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 438-443

  Zachor, Ditza A ^a,b   Ilanit, Tzaig ^c   Itzchak, Esther Ben ^a,d  

^a ASSAF HAROFEH MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d ARIEL UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Autism severity; Autism spectrum disorder; Fine motor skills; Gross motor skills; Imitation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTISM; BODY MOVEMENT; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNICATION DISORDER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMITATION; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ADAPTATION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 77949571061     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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