Abnormal Pressure Pain, Touch Sensitivity, Proprioception, and Manual Dexterity in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders

Table 1

Descriptive characteristics of the children with autism spectrum disorders.

	Number of children
Gender
Males	20
Females	7
Age	6.3 years ± 3.23
Cognitive impairment
None	24
Mild	3
Moderate	0
Severe	0
Verbal ability
Fluent communicative speech	12
Speech with communicative; sentences but frequent echolalia	7
A few communicative sentences	4
A few words	4
Nonverbal expression	0