The Influence of Task Difficulty and Participant Age on Balance Control in ASD

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 1419-1427

  Graham, Sarah A ^a,c   Abbott, Angela E ^a   Nair, Aarti ^a   Lincoln, Alan J ^b   Müller, Ralph Axel ^a   Goble, Daniel J ^a  

^a SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ALLIANT INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

Autism Spectrum Disorder; Balance control; Center of pressure; Postural control; Sensorimotor integration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURAL BALANCE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX;

EID: 84939999678     PISSN: 01623257     EISSN: 15733432     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10803-014-2303-7     Document Type: Article

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