論文

査読有り 国際誌
2019年5月6日

Atypical body movements during night in young children with autism spectrum disorder: a pilot study.

Scientific reports
  • Nobushige Naito
  • ,
  • Mitsuru Kikuchi
  • ,
  • Yuko Yoshimura
  • ,
  • Hirokazu Kumazaki
  • ,
  • Sachiko Kitagawa
  • ,
  • Takashi Ikeda
  • ,
  • Chiaki Hasegawa
  • ,
  • Daisuke N Saito
  • ,
  • Sarah Tomiyama
  • ,
  • Yoshio Minabe

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開始ページ
6999
終了ページ
6999
記述言語
英語
掲載種別
研究論文(学術雑誌)
DOI
10.1038/s41598-019-43397-y

Children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) reportedly suffer from sleep problems at a higher rate than typically developing (TD) children. Several previous studies have reported differences in sleep indices (e.g., sleep latency) in children with ASD. However, no previous studies have focused specifically on the time course of body movements. In the present study, we investigated the time course of body movements in young TD children and young children with ASD as well as the relationship between body movements during night and social ability. Seventeen TD children and 17 children with ASD participated in this study (5 to 8 years old). We used an accelerometer attached to the waist to record movements during night and measured the average time course of body movements for 3 nights. Our results demonstrated that the rate of body movement 2 to 3 hours after the onset of body stillness was higher in children with ASD than in TD children. In addition, the higher rate of body movement at 0.5 to 1 hour after the onset of body stillness was associated with a lower social ability in the children with ASD. Our results suggested that the time course of body movements is an objective behavioural index for young children with ASD.

リンク情報
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-43397-y
PubMed
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31061424
PubMed Central
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6502823
ID情報
  • DOI : 10.1038/s41598-019-43397-y
  • PubMed ID : 31061424
  • PubMed Central 記事ID : PMC6502823

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