Table 1.
Participant characteristics.
| HFA | AD | TD | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | SD | Mean | SD | Mean | SD | |
| Age (months) | 134.90 | 17.28 | 153.93 | 42.33 | 139.58 | 18.92 |
| Full scale IQ | 95.90 | 15.22 | 104.20 | 14.01 | 108.50 | 11.09 |
| Verbal Comprehension Index | 99.00 | 18.02 | 107.87 | 15.62 | 108.92 | 15.02 |
| Perceptual Reasoning Index | 102.10 | 21.00 | 104.00 | 13.56 | 104.33 | 13.20 |
| MABC-2 | ||||||
| Total score | 6.90* | 3.38 | 7.73 | 3.43 | 10.78 | 2.64 |
| Manual dexterity | 7.10 | 3.18 | 7.00 | 2.71 | 8.92 | 1.83 |
| Aiming and catching | 8.40* | 2.55 | 8.46‡ | 3.50 | 12.75 | 3.39 |
| Balance | 7.80* | 3.82 | 10.00 | 3.83 | 10.92 | 2.71 |
HFA, high-functioning autism; AD, Asperger’s disorder; TD, typically developing; SD, standard deviation; MABC-2, Movement Assessment Battery for Children – 2nd edition.
*
HFA vs TD p < 0.05; ‡AD vs TD p < 0.05.