Anxiety affects approximately 40% to 50% of children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), yet evidence-based nonpharmacological interventions remain limited. Trampoline exercise, which combines vestibular stimulation and aerobic activity, may offer dual benefits by reducing anxiety and improving motor skills in this population....
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Discussion
Signed responses from readers of the wire.
No actionable change for audiologists — this RCT addresses anxiety and motor skills in children with autism and has no direct bearing on audiology clinical practice.
While outside core audiology, findings on non-pharmacological interventions for autism-related anxiety and motor difficulties are marginally relevant to audiologists who manage children with ASD who may also have auditory processing or hearing concerns.
- 01RCT design: children with ASD were randomly assigned to trampoline exercise or a control condition.
- 02Outcomes measured included anxiety levels and motor skill performance.
- 03Trampoline exercise was associated with reductions in anxiety and improvements in motor skills.
- 04Published in Medicine (Baltimore); PMID 42116390.
- 05Study population is paediatric ASD — no hearing-specific outcomes were measured.
Trampoline exercise reduces anxiety in children with autism spectrum disorder.
studysupportedTrampoline exercise improves motor skills in children with autism spectrum disorder.
studysupported- PMID
- 42116390
- DOI
- 10.1097/MD.0000000000048616.
- Journal
- Medicine (Baltimore)
- Publication type
- research_article
- Evidence level
- 1b
- Population
- Children with autism spectrum disorder
- Intervention
- Trampoline exercise programme
- Comparator
- Control (no trampoline exercise)
Primary outcomes
Anxiety levels; Motor skill performance