Neurobiological and behavioural outcomes of biofeedback-based training in autism: a randomized controlled trial.

ABSTRACT: The human brain has demonstrated the power to structurally change as a result of movement-based interventions. However, it is unclear whether these structural brain changes differ in autistic individuals compared to non-autistic individuals. The purpose of the present study was to pilot a randomized controlled trial to investigate brain, balance, autism symptom severity and daily living skill changes that result from a biofeedback-based balance intervention in autistic adolescents (13-17 years old). Thirty-four autistic participants and 28 age-matched non-autistic participants underwent diagnostic testing and pre-training assessment (neuroimaging, cognitive, autism symptom severity and motor assessments) and were then randomly assigned to 6 weeks of a balance-training intervention or a sed

SUBMITTER: Surgent O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8254423 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature