Stereotyped Motor Behaviors Associated with Autism in High-risk Infants: A Pilot Videotape Analysis of a Sibling Sample

Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders - Tập 37 - Trang 25-36 - 2007
Alvin Loh1, Teesta Soman1, Jessica Brian1, Susan E. Bryson2,3, Wendy Roberts1, Peter Szatmari, Isabel M. Smith2,3, Lonnie Zwaigenbaum4
1The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
2Department of Pediatrics Dalhousie University Halifax Canada
3Department of Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
4Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neuroscience, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Tóm tắt

This study examined motor behaviors in a longitudinal cohort of infant siblings of children with autism. Stereotypic movements and postures occurring during standardized observational assessments at 12 and 18 months were coded from videotapes. Participants included eight infant siblings later diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a random sample of nine non-diagnosed siblings, and 15 controls. Videos were coded blind to diagnostic group. At 12 and 18 months the ASD group “arm waved” more frequently and at 18 months, one posture (“hands to ears”) was more frequently observed in the ASD and non-diagnosed group compared to the controls. Overall, the siblings subsequently diagnosed with ASD and the comparison groups had considerable overlap in their repertoires of stereotyped behaviors.

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