The Efficacy of a 9-Month Treadmill Walking Program on the Exercise Capacity and Weight Reduction for Adolescents with Severe Autism

• Published in: Journal of autism and developmental disorders Vol. 37; no. 6; pp. 997 - 1006
• Main Authors: Pitetti, Kenneth H, Rendoff, Andrew D, Grover, Travis, Beets, Michael W
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg Springer 01.07.2007; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Adolescent; Adolescents; Autism; Autistic adolescents; Autistic Disorder - rehabilitation; Biological and medical sciences; Body Composition; Body Mass Index; Comparative Analysis; Control Groups; Exercise; Exercise Test; Female; Humans; Intellectual Disability - rehabilitation; Male; Medical sciences; Physical Activities; Physical Activity Level; Physical Education; Physical Fitness; Program Effectiveness; Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry; Psychopathology. Psychiatry; Residential Programs; Residential Treatment; Special education. Orthophony; Standardized Tests; Treatment Outcome; Treatments; Walking; Weight Loss; Human; Treadmill exercise; Physical exercise; Treatment efficiency; Developmental disorder; Autism,Adolescents; Educational program; Locomotion; Autism; Body mass index; Walking; Treatment; Follow up study; Adolescent; Young adult; Exercise Capacity; Physical education; Motricity; Special education

This study evaluated the efficacy of a 9-month treadmill walking (TW) program on exercise capacity and body mass index (BMI) for adolescents with severe autism. Ten youth residing in a residential/school treatment facility were assigned to either a supplemental treadmill walking (TW) or control grou...