Effectiveness of exercise interventions on gross motor skills in children with autism spectrum disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Front Psychiatry · 2026 · PMC12980882 · PMID 41836661

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However, when the total duration was > 1440 minutes, the intervention regimen only showed a significant improvement effect on object control skills (SMD = 0.75, P = 0.003), while its effects on balance and locomotor skills did not reach statistical significance (P > 0.05).

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Subgroup analysis showed that Land-based sports significantly improved all three skill domains (all P < 0.00001), whereas Aquatic sports and technically-assisted sports mostly failed to reach statistical significance.

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