Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning
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The Effect of Swiss Ball Training on the Improvement of Sensorimotor Function of Three Boys with Autism: A Case Study

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Authors

Zahra Mollakarimi 1
Ahmadreza Movahedi 2
Sayyed Mohammad Marandi 3
Fatemeh Bahrami 1

1 MSc of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan

2 Professor, Department of Motor Behavior, Faculty of Physical Education and Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Iran

3 Professor, Department of Exercise Physiology, Faculty of Sport Sciences, University of Isfahan

https://doi.org/10.22059/jmlm.2017.61945
Abstract
 
The main aim of the present study was to investigate the effect of Swiss ball training on the improvement of sensorimotor function in three boys with autism. In the present study, a single-subject method was used. Three autistic participants were required to exercise with Swiss ball for 9 weeks. Changes in the scores of the sensorimotor function subtest were measured by NEPSY neuropsychological test during the intervention and two weeks after the intervention in one-week intervals. The subjects took the test again after two months. The results showed that the intervention considerably improved sensorimotor function of the three participants (PND=100% for the first participant and 77.78% for the second and the third participants). This reduction was found to be maintained two weeks after the intervention. These findings showed that Swiss ball training considerably improved sensorimotor function in boys with autism.

Keywords

autism
Children
sensorimotor function
swiss ball
Training
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Journal of Sports and Motor Development and Learning
Volume 9, Issue 1
Spring 2017
Pages 15-37

  • Receive Date 05 July 2015
  • Revise Date 09 December 2015
  • Accept Date 09 December 2015

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