A comparison of constrained and unconstrained reaching movements by people with and without Autism

dc.contributor.authorZheng, Ran
dc.contributor.examiningcommitteePortor, Michelle (Kinesiology and Recreation Management) Marotta, Jonathan (Psychology) Passmore, Steven (College of Rehabilitation Sciences)en_US
dc.contributor.supervisorGlazebrook, Cheryl (Kinesiology and Recreation Management)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2015-07-06T14:03:50Z
dc.date.available2015-07-06T14:03:50Z
dc.date.issued2015-07-06
dc.degree.disciplineKinesiology and Recreation Managementen_US
dc.degree.levelMaster of Science (M.Sc.)en_US
dc.description.abstractReaching is a fundamental movement and has been studied widely in the motor control area. To my knowledge no one has directly compared the planning and kinematic characteristics of these two movements. These different definitions of reaching movements may also explain why researchers have reported different results when examining reaching movements of individuals with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The present study designed three movement types to examine how people with and without ASD plan and execute three different types of reaching movements. The results revealed that typically developing (TD) participants moved faster compared to ASD participants in three dimensional movements, but not in one dimensional and two dimensional movements. Based on the above results it is proposed that the observed difference in movement control resulted from a preference for different sensory feedback for on-line control of limb movements.en_US
dc.description.noteOctober 2015en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1993/30606
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsopen accessen_US
dc.subjectAutismen_US
dc.subjectmotor controlen_US
dc.subjectconstrained and unconstrained movementen_US
dc.subjectdegree of freedomen_US
dc.titleA comparison of constrained and unconstrained reaching movements by people with and without Autismen_US
dc.typemaster thesisen_US
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