View clinical trials related to Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Filter by:The study, titled The Effect of Physiotherapy and Nutrition Services Provided by Telerehabilitation Methods on the Physical, Nutritional and Psychological Conditions of Children with Autism and Their Families, aimed to evaluate the effects of physiotherapy and nutrition education to be given to the participants. Participants were children with autism spectrum disorder and parents of children with autism spectrum disorder. There will be surveys that researchers will ask participants to answer. Parent telerehabilitation group participants via smartphone video conferencing; Researchers involved in this project; A physiotherapist and a physiotherapist senior physiotherapy intern will send 1 session of online simultaneous exercise training to the parent telerehabilitation group participants, then an exercise video containing the exercises and brochures will be sent and the parent telerehabilitation group participants will be asked to do the exercises 3 days a week. Participants will be asked to keep an exercise diary and the status of the diaries will be monitored once a week. Additionally, the concepts of physical activity and recreational activity in autism will be explained to the participants. Again, via smartphone video conferencing, the researchers participating in this project; 3 different nutrition trainings will be given by 1 dietitian and 1 senior dietitian trainee within the scope of basic nutrition and nutrition-health information at 15-day intervals. Waist, hip and height measurements of autistic child participants will be measured with a tape measure, and their body weight will be measured with a scale. The study will last 2 months.
Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is a neurodevelopment disorder characterized by impairment in social interaction, communication, and behavior, as well as sensory challenges. In addition, secondary symptoms can appear, such as gastrointestinal disorders. Gut microbiota has an important role in the harvest of nutrients and energy from our diet. It influences a wide range of metabolic, developmental, and physiological processes such as the maintenance of the gut epithelial layer, immune system development, protection against pathogens, detoxification and xenobiotics degradation. The ecosystem of a healthy human gastrointestinal (GI) tract is mainly populated by Firmicutes and Bacteroidetes phyla, to a lesser extent by Actinobacteria and Proteobacteria, in this case the microbiota is in an eubiosis condition. Whether a disturbance of the microbial ecosystem occurs, gut microbiota is in a dysbiosis condition and it could lead different metabolic disorders. The two-way communication between gut microbiota and central nervous system (CNS) affects stress response, pain perception, neurochemistry and several disorders. The gut microbiota in ASD patients revealed some peculiarities such as the high percentage of Propionibacter and Clostridium, well known for their production of pro inflammatory metabolites, or an increment of Sutterella spp. and Ruminococcus torques, which are negatively associated with the health of the gut. Recent studies suggest that also the oral microbiota may be involved in ASD symptoms assuming the existence of a "microbiota-oral-brain axis". ASD patients are often suffering of several oral cavity disorders like caries, gingivitis and periodontitis, probably due to the poor oral hygiene. These disorders are linked to a dysbiosis of the oral microbiota: the characterization of the ASD subjects oral microbiota showed a lower biodiversity of bacteria species and different levels of specific bacteria, comparing to the controls. Several studies suggest that some bacteria species invade the blood-brain barriers as well as their metabolites, triggering inflammatory response and an alteration of the metabolic activity in the CNS. It has been demonstrated that ASD patients have a high level of pro-inflammatory cytokines and chemokines in the cerebrospinal fluid and an upregulation of the microglia. The oral microbiota could also affect the lower GI tract and have a significant role within the ASD-associated GI disorders and CNS inflammation
The goal of this clinical trial is to test if using what is called executive function strategies like strategies for improving self-regulation ,strategies for improving planning and problem solving work well when applied within occupational therapy treatment program for children who is diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder , the study will compare between applying regular occupational therapy alone and applying regular occupational therapy plus executive function strategies in improving children with autism spectrum disorder , they will be two group in the study: first group called control group and second group called intervention group, if child is assign on control group he/she will receive regular individual occupational therapy services in autism program which is :Sensory integration which might include things like playing with different interactive games, different textures swinging, bouncing or climbing , and children will also receive life skill training which target training child on self-care skill like grooming, feeding, dressing undressing and toiling skills ) And (if the child assigned on intervention group he/she will receive also regular individual occupational therapy services which described above plus getting executive function training which will be implemented during training the child on daily life skill and this might include using timer during the training, organized schedules, special motivation system and others ,before enrolling children on treatment or control group parent will be asked to sign consent form and after that children will screened based on specific criteria make sure that they are fit for the study then if they meet the study criteria they will also "randomized" into one of two study groups ,Randomization means that putting child into a group by chance. It is like flipping a coin and each child will have a 50% chance of being place in a specific group, following that children will be have detailed assessments which will be done by an experienced occupational therapist and these assessment is aiming to measure the improvement on children condition after receiving therapy ,and will done before treatment , after seven weeks of treatment and completion program at 14 week then data from assessment will be analyzed, each group will receive forty five min regular weekly individual therapy sessions and this extent for thirteen weeks .
This project plans to establish sensory phenotypes of a Taiwanese ASD cohort across lifespan, including variety of sensory modalities, sensory domains, and clinical correlates. Also, we will clarify the relationship between sensory phenotypes and social impairment by two specific sensory-social paradigms targeting eye gaze avoidance and social touch anxiety, as well as the atypical neural representation of ASD during eye gaze and viewing social touch by fMRI and EEG.
The primary objective of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a post-diagnostic psychoeducational intervention in increasing the sense of self-efficacy of adults diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder-Without associated Intellectual Disability
This study has two purposes: Aim 1: To develop a Telehealth Early Intervention Program (TEIP) for children with ASD that will be carried out by parents at home when interact with their children; and to train parents in delivering developmental and behavioral techniques to their children. The participating families will be randomized in parallel to treatment and comparison groups for teaching the knowledge and techniques: (1) Treatment group: providing the training of TEIP for parents via telehealth modalities as they learn critical skills with their child with the goal of increasing multidimensional child developments. Intervention provider will provide the training for parent-child dyad interaction to work with parents to implement these strategies at home environment; and (2) Comparison group: provide general care consultation of child development for parents. Aim 2: To evaluate this program's effectiveness by measuring changes in a child's developments and behaviors. Investigator will evaluate child outcomes on the symptoms of ASD and multidimensional developmental functioning. Furthermore, investigator will measure the changes in the parent's knowledge and behaviors of parent-child interaction. Moreover, investigator will determine if parental participation in the intervention is associated with an improvement in parenting competences and decreased levels of stress.
The goal of this clinical study is to learn about the utility and performance of the EarliPoint System (™): Evaluation for Autism Spectrum Disorder to diagnose and assess autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in children ages 31-84 month (2.5 - 7 years chronological age). The main questions it aims to answer are: 1. To determine the sensitivity and specificity of the EarliPoint device (test) compared to Expert Clinician Diagnosis (ECD) using gold-standard clinical reference assessments in the target age-expanded population. 2. To determine the association between the EarliPoint Verbal Ability Index score and the clinical measures of verbal ability as measured by the Differential Ability Scales (DAS-II). 3. To determine the association between the EarliPoint Nonverbal Ability Index score and the clinical measures of non-verbal abilities as measured by the Differential Ability Scales (DAS-II). 4. To determine the association between the EarliPoint Social Disability Index score and the Autism Diagnostic Observation Schedule, second edition (ADOS-II) Overall Total Score. 5. To determine the association between the EarliPoint Expressive Language Ability Index score and the clinical measures of verbal ability as measured by the Differential Ability Scales (DAS-II). 6. To determine the association between the EarliPoint Receptive Language Ability Index score and the clinical measures of verbal ability as measured by the Differential Ability Scales (DAS-II). 7. To estimate the incidence of adverse device effects associated with the use of the EarliPoint device.
Our long-term goal is to validate Regulating Together (emotion regulation intervention) and improve psychosocial outcomes for youth with autism spectrum disorder and emotion dysregulation.
The primary objective is to evaluate the potential additive effect of animal-assisted intervention (AAI) on a manualized behavioral treatment targeting emotion dysregulation (ED) in children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Aim 1: Evaluate whether Regulating Together-Canine demonstrates earlier and greater improvement in emotion dysregulation than Regulating Together-Standard. Aim 2: Evaluate if Regulating Together-Canine increases child engagement and learning compared to Regulating Together-Standard. Exploratory Aim: Explore association of physiological arousal (via heart rate tracking) with emotion dysregulation, treatment engagement, and learning.
The purpose of the proposed non-randomized waitlist-controlled design study is to evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and potential effectiveness of using a Videoconferencing-based Individual Focused Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (FACT) approach to enhance the mental well-being of parents of children with special healthcare needs (SHCN) over a three-month period after the intervention has taken place.