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. 2020 Jul 6;16:1661–1673. doi: 10.2147/NDT.S253337

Table 2.

Post Hoc Scheffé Multiple Comparison of Sensorimotor Measures Across Age and Sex in Children with ASD (N= 117)

Measures Multiple Comparisons
Young-Middle Middle-Oldest Young-Oldest
BOT-2
 Fine manual control −3.11 −5.21* −8.32*
 Manual coordination −5.14 −6.16* −11.30*
 Body coordination −5.92 −4.42* −10.34*
 Strength & Agility −7.27 −3.31* −10.58*
TVPS-3
 Visual discrimination −.79 −3.79 −4.58
 Visual memory −3.03 −2.10 −5.13
 Visual spatial relationship −4.31 −3.11* −7.42*
 Visual form constancy −2.91 −1.83 −4.74
 Visual sequential memory −.25 −1.75 −2.00
 Visual figure-ground −2.51 −1.28 −3.79
 Visual closure −1.32 −.99 −2.31
 Total −10.95 −6.60 −17.55
Sensory Profile
 Sensory Processing −1.00 −3.10* −4.10*
 Modulation −4.11 −17.00* −21.11*
 Behavioral & Emotional Responses −8.85 −2.58 −11.43*
 TSIF
 Postural movement 6.03* 2.22* 8.25*
 Bilateral integration sequencing 4.60 6.14* 10.74*
 Sensory discrimination 2.74 3.22 5.96*
 Sensory searching 11.28 2.64 13.92*
 Attention & activity 7.16 4.18 11.34*
 Emotional-behavioral reactivity 4.07 5.18 9.25*

Note: *p< 0.002 (0.05/21).

Abbreviations: BOT-2, The Bruininks–Oseretsky Test of Motor Proficiency – Second Edition; TVPS-3, Test of Visual Perceptual Skills – Third Edition; TSIF, Test of sensory integration function.