Motor functioning in autism and Asperger's disorder: Furthering current neurobehavioural and clinical definitions

众所周知，自闭症和阿斯伯格症与社交、交流和行为症状有关，但鲜为人知的是，受影响的个体也有相当大的运动和协调困难。例如，这些孩子通常在书写、行走、跳跃、跳跃、接球和跑步方面存在问题。这些技能对于在学校取得成功非常重要；例如，如果孩子们不能参加学校的体育活动，他们往往会感到孤立和被同龄人排斥。此外，书写问题对儿童的学习成绩也有重大影响。我们之前的研究表明，自闭症和阿斯伯格症患者可能有特定的运动问题模式。我们提出的研究旨在使用电影行业中使用的3D运动分析技术来准确捕捉受这些条件影响的人们如何移动和对环境做出反应。这项研究将使我们能够突出受这些疾病影响的大脑运动回路的特定部分，也将使我们能够更清楚地区分自闭症与阿斯伯格障碍的不同之处。最终，我们希望我们的运动研究将导致对这些疾病的改进评估和干预。

While it is well known that autism and Asperger's disorder are associated with social, communicative, and behavioural symptoms, it is less well known that affected individuals also have considerable movement and coordination difficulties. For example, these children often have problems with hand writing, walking, hopping, skipping, catching, and running. These skills are very important for success at school; for example, if children are unable to participate in school sports they often feel isolated and rejected from the peer group. Also, hand writing problems have a significant impact on children's academic performance. Our previous research has suggested that there may be particular patterns of motor problems that characterise individuals with autism and Asperger's disorder. Our proposed research aims to use the kinds of 3D motion analysis technology used in the movie industry to capture exactly how people affected by these conditions move and respond to the environment. This study will enable us to highlight particular parts of the brain-motor circuitry that are affected by these disorders and will also enable us to more clearly distinguish how autism is different from Asperger's disorder. Ultimately, it is hoped that our motor investigations will lead to improved assessment and interventions for these disorders.