ABSTRACT

Objective: The aim of this study was to analyze the interventions for patients with ASD’s motor skills. Methods: Pubmed, Google scholar, Medline(ProQuest) were searched from 2007 to 2017. Key search terms were used “Autism or Autistic Disorder or Asperger Syndrome or PDD-NOS AND Motor skills or Fine motor skills or Gross motor skills”. After the secondary classification, the exclusion criteria were applied. A total of 15 papers were used in the analysis. Results: The most study design was two groups, non-randomized study and single subject study(n=6), related papers trended to be increasing since 2013. The most study area were occupational therapy(n=4) and special physical education(n=4), the most frequently conducted intervention was physical activity(n=7). 14 studies of all reported to be effective, BOT-1, BOT-2 was the most frequently used(n=7) assessment tool in the studies. Conclusion: Through this study, we provided evidence of ASD’s intervention to domestic occupational therapist by investigating ASD’s intervention conducted overseas.