Purpose: This study aimed to determine the relationship between the level of fine and gross motor skills and motor proficiency with the severity of autism disorder in children with autism. Material: 68 children with autism, ranged from 3-16 years old, were selected. Motor Assessment Battery for Children-2 (MABC-2) was used to assess fine and gross motor skills and motor proficiency. Gilliam Autism Rating Scale-2 (GARS-2) test was also used for assessing the severity of autism disorder in the participants. Results: The obtained results from the Pearson correlation test showed that there was a significant and negative relationship between sub-scales of GARS-2 and MABC-2 tests (P<0.05). It means that decreasing the level of motor skills increases the autism severity. The results of the regression test also showed that only the total score of motor proficiency among microscales of the MABC-2 test could predict the stereotypes, social skills, communication skills, and autism severity (P<0.05). Conclusions: The results of the current study indicated the pivotal role of motor skills growth in determining the level of autism disorder. It also emphasized on embedding motor interventions in rehabilitation programs of such people.

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自闭症儿童运动技能水平与自闭症严重程度的关系

目的：本研究旨在确定自闭症儿童的精细和粗略运动技能水平以及运动能力与自闭症严重程度之间的关系。资料：选择了68名3至16岁的自闭症儿童。儿童运动评估电池2（MABC-2）用于评估精细和总体运动技能以及运动能力。Gilliam自闭症评分量表2（GARS-2）测试还用于评估参与者的自闭症严重程度。结果：从Pearson相关检验获得的结果表明，GARS-2子量表和MABC-2量表之间存在显着负相关（P <0.05）。这意味着降低运动技能水平会增加自闭症的严重程度。回归测试的结果还显示，只有MABC-2测试的微观尺度中的运动能力总分能够预测刻板印象，社交技能，沟通技巧和自闭症严重程度（P <0.05）。结论：目前的研究结果表明运动技能的增长在确定自闭症水平方面起着关键作用。它还强调将运动干预措施嵌入此类人的康复计划中。