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Movement analysis in infancy may be useful for early diagnosis of autism

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Teitelbaum, Philip, Teitelbaum, Osnat, Nye, Jennifer, Fryman, Joshua, Maurer, Ralph G.·1998·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
DOI 10.1073/pnas.95.23.13982PMC PMC25000
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All of the 17 autistic children studied in the present paper showed disturbances of movement that with our methods could be detected clearly at the age of 4-6 months, and sometimes even at birth. We used the Eshkol-Wachman Movement Analysis System in combination with still-frame videodisc analysis to study videos obtained from parents of children who had been diagnosed as autistic by conventional methods, usually around 3 years old. The videos showed their behaviors when they were infants, long before they had been diagnosed as autistic. The movement disorders varied from child to child. Disturbances were revealed in the shape of the mouth and in some or all of the milestones of development, including, lying, righting, sitting, crawling, and walking. Our findings support the view that movement disturbances play an intrinsic part in the phenomenon of autism, that they are present at birth, and that they can be used to diagnose the presence of autism in the first few months of life. They indicate the need for the development of methods of therapy to be applied from the first few months of life in autism.

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  • Motor peculiarities/disturbances and executive dysfunction are very frequent if not universal in individuals on the whole autism spectrum, and from the beginning of their life.

    “Indeed, motor peculiarities/disturbances and executive dysfunction are very frequent if not universal in individuals on the whole autism spectrum (21), and from the beginning of their life (22).”

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    The Abstract reports movement disturbances in all 17 children studied, detectable at 4–6 months and sometimes at birth. This supports the early-life claim for motor disturbances, but the paper does not report executive dysfunction in infancy. (LLM, conf=0.87)

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Authors
Teitelbaum, P., Teitelbaum, O., Nye, J., Fryman, J., & Maurer, R. G.
Affiliations
University of Florida Health (US)
Venue
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Publisher
National Academy of Sciences
Published
1998-11-10
Volume
95
Issue
23
Pages
13982-13987
ISSN
  • 0027-8424 (ISSN-L)
  • 1091-6490
DOI
10.1073/pnas.95.23.13982
PMC
PMC25000
OpenAlex
W2026088138
Cited by
713
References
15
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FWCI
4.48
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Autism Spectrum Disorder Research
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Action Observation and Synchronization
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Children's Physical and Motor Development
Keywords
autism spectrum disorder, early diagnosis, movement disorders, developmental milestones, mouth shape, motor development, early intervention
MeSH terms
Autistic Disorder, Humans, Infant, Movement

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