Abstract
Although the literature indicates children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) walk at slower speeds and altered kinematics compared to neurotypical controls, no research has examined walking at matched speeds. This study examined biomechanical differences between adolescents with ASD and matched (age, sex, and body mass index) neurotypical controls. Lower extremity biomechanics of seventeen adolescents with ASD and seventeen controls were compared at matched speeds: self-selected and a standardized 1.3 m/s. Controls exhibited greater eversion angles and hip abduction moments compared to those with ASD. This study found adolescents, which may have a more mature gait than young children, walk with a similar pattern in the propulsive plane (i.e. sagittal) as neurotypical controls, but with alterations in the supportive plane (i.e. frontal).
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