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Improving motor skills and psychosocial behaviors in children with autism spectrum disorder through an adapted judo program Morales, Jose Pierantozzi, Emanuela Fukuda, David H. Garcia, Vanessa Guerra-Balic, Myriam Sevilla-Sánchez, Marta Carballeira, Eduardo Esports de combat Judo Esports per a persones amb discapacitat Discapacitat intel·lectual Autisme Introduction: This study aimed to investigate the long-term effects of an adapted judo program on the motor skills and psychosocial abilities of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). Methods: All participants had been diagnosed with ASD and were assessed twice, one time at the start of the intervention and again 6 months later, with the Test of Gross Motor Development (TGMD-3) and the Gilliam Autism Rating Scale-Third Edition (GARS-3). A one-way repeated measures MANOVA was carried out in order to evaluate these assessments, and a mediation analysis was done to determine the relationship between them. Results: The experimental group significantly improved (p < 0.05) from the pre-test to the post-test for several subtests of the TGMD-3 and the GARS-3. Conclusion: The study shows that participation in an adapted judo program clearly helps to improve the motor skills and psychosocial behaviors of children with ASD. 2022-11 info:eu-repo/semantics/article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14342/4767 https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.1067310 eng Frontiers in Physiology, 2021, 12:712471 info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/EC/Erasmus+ Sport Programme/612954-EPP-1-2019-1-ES-S http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess © L'autor/a Attribution 4.0 International Frontiers