Journal
RESEARCH IN AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
Volume 8, Issue 3, Pages 286-291Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.rasd.2013.12.013
Keywords
Autism spectrum disorder; Family videos; General movement assessment; Infant; Rett syndrome; Spontaneous movements
Funding
- Austrian Science Fund FWF [P 25241] Funding Source: Medline
- Austrian Science Fund (FWF) [P 25241] Funding Source: researchfish
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We review literature identifying an association between motor abnormality in the first 5 months of infancy and later diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) or Rett syndrome (RU). The assessment of the quality of early spontaneous movements (also known as the assessment of general movements; GMs) is a diagnostic tool that has repeatedly proven to be valuable in detecting early markers for neurodevelopmental disorders. Even though the rate of occurrence of abnormal GMs is exceedingly high in infants later diagnosed with ASD, we endorse further studies using this method either based on family videos or its prospective implementation in high-risk sibling studies to evaluate the power of GM assessment as one potential marker for early maldevelopment in this cohort. (C) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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