No proprioceptive deficits in autism despite movement-related sensory and execution impairments

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1352-1361

  Fuentes, Christina T ^a,b   Mostofsky, Stewart H ^a,b   Bastian, Amy J ^a,b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b KENNEDY KRIEGER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Motor control; Proprioception; Sensory Processing

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFERENT NERVE; ELBOW; ELECTROMYOGRAM; FEMALE; FINGER; HUMAN; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; JOINT; MALE; PASSIVE MOVEMENT; PERCEPTION DISORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPRIOCEPTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SENSORIMOTOR DEFICIT; SENSORIMOTOR FUNCTION; TASK PERFORMANCE;

ADOLESCENT; AUTISTIC DISORDER; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; KINESTHESIS; MALE; PROPRIOCEPTION; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; SOMATOSENSORY DISORDERS;

EID: 82755189795     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-010-1161-1     Document Type: Article

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