Early Intervention with a Parent-Delivered Massage Protocol Directed at Tactile Abnormalities Decreases Severity of Autism and Improves Child-to-Parent Interactions: A Replication Study
Table 4
Treatment effects for QST massage (repeated measures Anova/Manova).
Variable
Group main intervention effect
(Degrees of freedom)
Univariate analysis
Stress
17.2
(1,82)
.00008
.173
Large
Receptive language (PLS-5 auditory)
4.81
(1,82)
.031
.055
Medium
Expressive language (PLS-5 expressive)
0.18
(1,82)
.667
.002
Small
Multivariate analyses
Severity
5.17
(2,81)
.008
.113
Medium-large
Post-hoc
ABC
8.11
(1,82)
.006
.090
CARS
3.34
(1,82)
.071
.039
Sensory and self-regulation
7.40
(3,80)
.00002
.217
Large
Post-hoc
Sensory
15.16
(1,82)
.00002
.156
Tactile/oral
14.92
(1,82)
.00002
.154
Self-regulation
17.92
(1,82)
.00006
.179
General development
0.42
(2,81)
.656
.010
Small
Post-hoc
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