Abstract
This paper aimed to discuss the intervention effects of physical activities on children and adolescents with autism with a meta-analysis so as to serve as a reference to further relevant research on the same topic. As for research methods, by searching in CNKI (China National Knowledge Infrastructure), WanFang data, VIP Database for Chinese Technical Periodicals, PubMed, Scopus, Web of Science, and other databases, this study collected randomized controlled trials (RCTs) on the intervention of physical activities on children and adolescents with autism and used Review Manager 5.3 software to process and analyze the outcome indicators of the literature. As for the result, a total of 12 papers and 492 research targets were selected. The results of the meta-analysis show that physical activity had a significant positive impact on social interaction ability, communication ability, motor skills, and autism degree of autistic children as well as the social skills and communication skills of autistic adolescents. On the other hand, physical activity had no significant effect on the stereotyped behavior of autistic children and adolescents. In conclusion, physical activity intervention is beneficial to children and adolescents with autism, and continuous physical activity intervention can produce greater intervention effect.
Highlights
Autism is a common developmental disorder characterized by difficulties with speech and behaviors, such as lack of social abilities, repetitive behaviors, communication disorders, activity and interest disorders with limitations [1]
The results showed that physical activity can significantly improve the social children and adolescents with autism
Through a careful analysis of the two articles [11,16], it can be the results of this review show that physical activity has no significant effect on the seen that Reference [16] refers to the intervention of physical activity combined with conventional stereotyped behavior of children and adolescents with autism
Summary
Autism is a common developmental disorder characterized by difficulties with speech and behaviors, such as lack of social abilities, repetitive behaviors, communication disorders, activity and interest disorders with limitations [1]. Based on the degree of individual cognition and socialization, Zhang Wenxin divides the kids under years old into children and kids between and 22 years old into adolescence [2]. According to the latest data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the prevalence rate of autistic children is 1/59. Europe and North America reports an average prevalence of 1–2% [3]. According to the report on the development of Chinese autistic children released by China on 17 October 2014, the prevalence of autism in China is similar to that in other countries in the world, with about 1%. It can be seen that autism has become a public health problem that seriously affects the health of children and adolescents
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