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Therapies for Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders

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Evidence Table. <strong>Therapies</strong> <strong>for</strong> children with ASD (continued)<br />

Study<br />

Description Intervention<br />

Rossignol et al.,<br />

2009 (continued)<br />

Inclusion/ Exclusion<br />

Criteria/ Population<br />

C-98<br />

Baseline<br />

Measures Outcomes<br />

SD:<br />

G1: 20.8 ± 8.7<br />

G2: 20.2 ± 7.3<br />

G1/G2: P = NS<br />

G1/BL: P = 0.04<br />

G2/BL: P = NS<br />

Sensory:<br />

ATEC sensory/<br />

cognitive awareness<br />

score, mean<br />

± SD:<br />

G1: 15.1 ± 3.9<br />

G2: 18.5 ± 6.2<br />

G1/G2: P = 0.04<br />

G1/BL: P = 0.002<br />

G2/BL: P = NS<br />

Harms:<br />

Increased asthma<br />

in one participant,<br />

but not associated<br />

with study.<br />

Increased urine<br />

frequency and<br />

skin rash in one<br />

child. Anxiety in<br />

one child.<br />

In control group,<br />

one child with<br />

abdominal<br />

distension and<br />

diarrhea, one with<br />

worsened eczema<br />

Modifiers:<br />

<strong>Children</strong>’s age:<br />

More improvement<br />

in ABC total<br />

score <strong>for</strong> children<br />

over age five (P =<br />

0.048)<br />

<strong>Children</strong> in G1<br />

over age five<br />

showed more<br />

improvement in<br />

ABC irritability (P<br />

= 0.015), social<br />

withdrawal (P =<br />

0.009), and stereotypy<br />

(P = 0.04),<br />

and ATEC socialbility<br />

(P = 0.01)<br />

and sensory/cognitive<br />

awareness<br />

(P = 0.04). For<br />

children age five<br />

and under, there<br />

was no significant<br />

difference

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