Sensory integration therapy for autism spectrum disorders: A systematic review

Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 1004-1018

  Lang, Russell ^a,b   O'Reilly, Mark ^b   Healy, Olive ^c   Rispoli, Mandy ^d   Lydon, Helena ^c   Streusand, William ^b   Davis, Tonya ^e   Kang, Soyeon ^b   Sigafoos, Jeff ^f   Lancioni, Giulio ^g   Didden, Robert ^h   Giesbers, Sanne ^h  

^a TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^d TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e BAYLOR UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^h RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Autism; Proprioceptive; Sensory diet; Sensory integration; Vestibular; Weighted vests

Indexed keywords

AUTISM; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; DATA EXTRACTION; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; SENSORIMOTOR INTEGRATION; SENSORY INTEGRATION THERAPY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; THERAPY;

EID: 84857285113     PISSN: 17509467     EISSN: 18780237     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2012.01.006     Document Type: Review

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