Research Article
Physical Activity and Physical Fitness of School-Aged Children and Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorders
Table 2
Physical fitness by group.
| | Children with autism () | Children without autism () | value | | | M ± SD | Min–max | M ± SD | Min–max |
| | 39.9 ± 5.8 | 31–57 | 42.0 ± 5.3 | 32–53 | 0.07 | 0.93 | Strength | 17.5 ± 8.7 | 6–38 | 21.1 ± 11.1 | 10–40 | 4.7 | 0.03* | Flexibility | 23.7 ± 8.3 | 12–41 | 31.5 ± 10.0 | 15–44 | 3.5 | 0.06 | BMI (kg/m2) | 20.4 ± 6.6 | 11–34 | 19.1 ± 4.3 | 14–30 | 0.30 | 0.58 |
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